Family

False Blister Beetles

Oedemeridae

19 species in our catalog · found in 18 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderColeoptera (Beetles)
FamilyOedemeridae (False Blister Beetles)

Species in this group

Oedemera nobilis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Oedemera femorata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Oedemera podagrariae

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera flavipes

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Oedemera basalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nacerdes carniolica

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Dryopomera kurosai

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chrysanthia viridissima

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Oedemera femoralis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Chrysanthia reitteri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ditylus quadricollis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Copidita quadrimaculata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Ditylus gracilis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Oedemera pthysica

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Oxycopis mcdonaldi

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Nacerdes melanura

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Chrysanthia geniculata

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Oxycopis floridana

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Oedemera croceicollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

<5%

Apr

~10%

May

~20%

Jun

~10%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see False Blister Beetles

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	6 of 19	~50%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			~10%
	Chrysanthia viridissima			~10%
	Oedemera femoralis			~10%
2	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	8 of 19	~40%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Oedemera femoralis			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			~10%
	Oedemera pthysica			<5%
	Oedemera femorata			<5%
	Chrysanthia viridissima			<5%
3	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 19	~30%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
4	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 19	~30%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
	Oedemera femoralis			~10%
5	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 19	~20%
	🦋 Oedemera basalis			~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Chrysanthia reitteri			~10%
6	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
7	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Chrysanthia viridissima			~10%
8	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~20%
9	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Chrysanthia reitteri			~10%
10	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
11	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
	Chrysanthia geniculata			<5%
	Oedemera croceicollis			<5%
12	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 19	~10%
	Cedar False Blister Beetle			~10%
	Ditylus gracilis			~10%
13	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 19	~10%
	Cedar False Blister Beetle			~10%
	Ditylus gracilis			<5%
14	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
15	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 19	~10%
	Dryopomera kurosai			~10%
16	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 19	~10%
	🦋 Oxycopis mcdonaldi			<5%
	Oxycopis floridana			<5%
17	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 19	~10%
	Cedar False Blister Beetle			~10%
18	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	~10%
	Four-Marked False Blister Beetle			~10%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	4 of 19	~30%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			<5%
	Nacerdes carniolica			<5%
2	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 19	~30%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~30%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
3	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 19	~30%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~30%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
4	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 19	~30%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~30%
5	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	2 of 19	~30%
	Oedemera femorata			~20%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
6	Paris	🇫🇷 France	3 of 19	~30%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			<5%
7	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
8	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
	Nacerdes carniolica			~10%
9	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	4 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			<5%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			<5%
10	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	3 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			<5%
11	Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
12	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
13	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			<5%
14	Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
15	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			<5%
16	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	2 of 19	~20%
	Wharf Borer			~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
17	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Nacerdes carniolica			<5%
	Chrysanthia geniculata			<5%
18	Naples	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
19	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	2 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			<5%
20	Jerusalem	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 19	~20%
	Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
21	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 19	~20%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~20%
22	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 19	~20%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
23	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	2 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
	Chrysanthia geniculata			~10%
24	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 19	~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
25	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	2 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Oedemera femorata			<5%
26	Hamburg	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 19	~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
27	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	2 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera podagrariae			~10%
	Oedemera croceicollis			<5%
28	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 19	~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
29	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	2 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			<5%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			<5%
30	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 19	~10%
	Chrysanthia geniculata			<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
31	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			<5%
	Chrysanthia geniculata			<5%
32	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
33	Shanghai	🇨🇳 China	1 of 19	~10%
	Wharf Borer			~10%
34	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 19	~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
35	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
36	Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 19	~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
37	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 19	~10%
	Oedemera femorata			~10%
38	Vancouver	🇨🇦 Canada	2 of 19	~10%
	Cedar False Blister Beetle			<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
39	Rotterdam [The Hague]	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1 of 19	~10%
	Thick-Legged Flower Beetle			~10%
40	Seattle	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 19	~10%
	Ditylus gracilis			<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
41	Philadelphia	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	~10%
	Wharf Borer			~10%
42	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
43	Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
44	San Francisco	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 19	<5%
	Four-Marked False Blister Beetle			<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
45	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
46	Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
47	Chicago	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
48	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
49	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	<5%
	Wharf Borer			<5%
50	Miami	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 19	<5%
	Oxycopis floridana			<5%

False Blister Beetles

Species in this group

Thick-Legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera femorata

Oedemera podagrariae

Yellow-Legged Thick-Legged Flower Beetle

Oedemera basalis

Nacerdes carniolica

Dryopomera kurosai

Chrysanthia viridissima

Oedemera femoralis

Chrysanthia reitteri

Cedar False Blister Beetle

Four-Marked False Blister Beetle

Ditylus gracilis

Oedemera pthysica

Oxycopis mcdonaldi

Wharf Borer

Chrysanthia geniculata

Oxycopis floridana

Oedemera croceicollis

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see False Blister Beetles

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked