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The thick-legged flower beetle pollinates openstructured flowers <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Come June, road verges, urban wildflower meadows and other flowery places untouched by chemicals will be heaving with pollinators. Look out for thick-legged flower beetles, the males and females of which are quite different, the former with pumpedup hind legs that seem to have been honed in the gym. Both sexes have fabulous, glittering green coloration. <\/p>\n\n

BEETLE: ROSS HODDINOTT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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