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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Marie Lou Legrand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Marie Lou Legrand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Marie Lou Legrand, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) shapomacro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Romas Ferenca, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) shapomacro, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Common Red Soldier Beetle

Rhagonycha fulva

Worldwide
70,211 observations
Group
Insects
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva), also misleadingly known as the bloodsucker beetle, and popularly known in England as the Hogweed Bonking Beetle is a species of soldier beetle (Cantharidae).

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