Thick legged flower beetle

An iridescent green, female Oedemera nobilis, known as the thick legged flower beetle or swollen thighed beetle, photographed in the reserve last year. It is the male (see below) that has the strangely shaped hind legs for which the species is named

[1] by Gail Hampshire (CC BY 2.0) flickr.com; [2] © Hans Hillewaert (CC BY-SA 4.0) wikimedia.org