Red soldier beetle
Rhagonycha fulva
Soldier beetles
(Cantharidae)
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Small slim orange-red beetle, slight shield colouring from red to dark grey, long feelers. Often seen on umbellifer flowers with others. Both larvae and adults eat small insects like aphids as well as pollen. ⇔ l. 7-11 mm syn. Common red soldier beetle, Bloodsucker beetle LA: ≈ The STICTOLEPTURA RUBRA (Red longhorn beetle) has black legs, antennae and head.
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10-50 mm
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Six
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Shielded
1 LookAlikes (LA):
Red longhorn beetle
Red soldier beetle
Soldaatje
Roter Weichkäfer
Téléphore fauve
Rhagonycha fulva [L.]
Rhagonycha fulva [L.]
Rhagonycha fulva [L.]
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Rhagonycha fulva [L.]
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