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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 102 No. 102 |

Common Red Soldier Beetle
Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) – species of family “Soldier Beetles“

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).

Ancestry Graph

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„Common Red Soldier Beetle“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily