Oedemera flavipes
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Oedemera flavipes is a very common species of beetle of the family Oedemeridae, subfamily Oedemerinae. These beetles are present in most of Europe and in the Near East. Their body is gray-green, dark green or coppery, while their forelegs are yellow (hence the Latin word flavipes) or reddish. As in most Oedemera species, the hind femora of the male are very swollen, whereas in the female the femora are thin.
The adults grow up to 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in) long and can mostly be encountered from May through July feeding on pollen and nectar, mainly on Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Convolvulaceae and Apiaceae species. They are a common prey of the checkered beetle, Trichodes alvearius.
The larvae develop in stems of herbaceous plants or in decaying branches. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cévennes National Park | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 403rd most-seen of the 1277 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in August to April, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle sightings, Pyrénées National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cévennes National Park (France, about 20%).
Same genus: Oedemera
The closest relatives of the Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (genus Oedemera) are Thick-Legged Flower Beetle (about 10%), Oedemera podagrariae (about 10%) and Oedemera femoralis (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Pyrénées National Park (24 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
