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Latin name: Rhagonycha fulva
Size: Approximately 10mm long.
Distribution: Found throughout the UK. Common.
Months seen: March to October.
Habitat: Grassland, wasteground, gardens and woodland edges.
Food: Small soft-bodied insects.
Special features: This is one of several similar looking beetles which
go under the general name of Soldier Beetles or Sailor Beetles.
Soldier beetles have narrow bodies and long antennae. This particular species
has brown wing casings with black tips.
 They are
often seen in large numbers in June and July on flower heads of cow parsley and
hogweed. It's quite rare to see them singly. More often they
are seen as mating pairs, earning them the nickname of 'bonking beetles'.
Their brown, maggot-like larvae live in soil and leaf litter. They feed on
springtails and other tiny insects.
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