A stunning Thick-legged Flower beetle (Oedemera nobilis). Male. Females are more gold/green and lack the swollen thighs.
This beetle's larvae live inside the stems of thistles and other plants - so a good reason not to tidy everything up in your garden too early in Spring!
Beautiful Snake's-head Fritillaries now in full flower in a Suffolk churchyard where they have been naturalised for many years, and increasing steadily thanks to sympathetic management, along with many thousands of Primroses! (26th March 2026)
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