A beautiful flower beetle

Lord Vetinari · August 4, 2011

Only the second time I've seen a male of this species - Oedemera nobilis - and this one was particularly beautifully coloured - I couldn't stop photographing it.
Brian v.

leilanimr · August 4, 2011

Incredible series of shots. Cute little guy!

basflt · August 4, 2011

thats some neat work , Brian

are they so seldom ?

Lord Vetinari · August 4, 2011

Thanks Leilani and bas for the comments

Bas- Think they are actually fairly common just not in my garden.

Brian v.

GOLDENORFE · August 5, 2011

good series, hard to get good exposure on these. dont see many up here, maybe 6 or 7 a year!

IPClark · August 5, 2011

Wow, never seen anything like that. Love the metallic body

Great shots Brian

Lord Vetinari · August 6, 2011

Thanks Phil and Ian for the comments
Brian v.

A beautiful flower beetle

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