Common Red Soldier Beetle
The Arthropods' Daily – Archive 2025 No. 866 | Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulvaThe 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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Common Red Soldier Beetle

No. 866 |

Common Red Soldier Beetle

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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Common Red Soldier Beetle

No. 865 |

Common Red Soldier Beetle

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).

Sulphur Beetle

No. 864 |

Sulphur Beetle

Cteniopus sulphureus is a species of comb-clawed beetles belonging to the family Tenebrionidae subfamily Alleculinae.

European Firebug

No. 863 |

European Firebug

The firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, is a common insect of the family Pyrrhocoridae. Easily recognizable due to its striking red and black coloration, but may be confused with the similarly coloured but unrelated Corizus hyoscyami (cinnamon bug, squash bug) (see comparison). Pyrrhocoris apterus is distributed throughout the Palaearctic from the Atlantic coast of Europe to northwest China. It has also been reported from the USA, Central America and India. It has been reported as recently expanding its...

monoceros beetle

No. 862 |

monoceros beetle

Notoxus monoceros is a black and brown species of beetle that is about 4 millimeters long and resmebles ants. The species markings are variable, it is usually found in sandy places, and it has a forward projection ("horn") on the pronotum.

speckled longhorn beetle

No. 861 |

speckled longhorn beetle

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Forest Bug

No. 860 |

Forest Bug

The forest bug or red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae....

Spotted Longhorn Beetle

No. 859 |

Spotted Longhorn Beetle

Rutpela maculata, the Spotted Longhorn, is a beetle species of flower longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae.

Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle

No. 858 |

Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle

Pseudovadonia livida, the fairy-ring longhorn beetle, is a beetle species of flower longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae....

Dasytes plumbeus

No. 857 |

Dasytes plumbeus

Dasytes plumbeus is a species of beetle that is native to the Paleartic, but has also been introduced to North America....

Tree Damsel Bug

No. 856 |

Tree Damsel Bug

Himacerus apterus, known as the tree damsel bug, is a species of damsel bug belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.

Ant Damselbug

No. 855 |

Ant Damselbug

Himacerus mirmicoides, common name ant damsel bug, is a species of damsel bugs belonging to the family Nabidae, subfamily Nabinae.

Oedemera podagrariae

No. 854 |

Oedemera podagrariae

Oedemera podagrariae, common name False Blister Beetles, is a quite common species of beetles belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.

Striped Flea Beetle

No. 853 |

Striped Flea Beetle

The striped flea beetle (Phyllotreta striolata) is a small flea beetle, shiny black with a greenish tinge, 1.5 to 2.5 mm long, having a wavy amber line running the length of each elytron (wing cover). It is a pest of cabbage and other brassicas. The hind legs are thickened, enabling the beetle to jump like a flea when disturbed.

Pouting Woodlouse-fly

No. 852 |

Pouting Woodlouse-fly

Adela violella

No. 851 |

Adela violella

Adela violella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Croatia, Greece and Portugal.

Adela violella

No. 850 |

Adela violella

Adela violella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Croatia, Greece and Portugal.

Common Pollen Beetle

No. 849 |

Common Pollen Beetle

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Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

No. 848 |

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Yellow-spotted Macrophya

No. 847 |

Yellow-spotted Macrophya

Macrophya montana is a sawfly (order Hymenoptera, family Tenthredinidae)....

Yellow-spotted Macrophya

No. 846 |

Yellow-spotted Macrophya

Macrophya montana is a sawfly (order Hymenoptera, family Tenthredinidae)....

common grammoptera

No. 845 |

common grammoptera

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Arge ustulata

No. 844 |

Arge ustulata

Arge ustulata is a Palearctic species of sawfly.

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

No. 843 |

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Mediterranean Spotted Chafer

No. 842 |

Mediterranean Spotted Chafer

Oxythyrea funesta is a phytophagous beetle species belonging to the family Cetoniidae, subfamily Cetoniinae.

Masked Bees

No. 841 |

Masked Bees

Hylaeus is a large (>500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae.

Masked Bees

No. 840 |

Masked Bees

Hylaeus is a large (>500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae.

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

No. 839 |

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

Adela violella

No. 838 |

Adela violella

Adela violella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Croatia, Greece and Portugal.

Alfalfa Plant Bug

No. 837 |

Alfalfa Plant Bug

Adelphocoris lineolatus, is commonly known as the Lucerne bug or the alfalfa plant bug, and belongs to the family Miridae. It is an agricultural pest causing vast amounts of damage to numerous crops, but primarily to alfalfa crops around the globe.

Furrow Bees

No. 836 |

Furrow Bees

The genus Halictus is a large assemblage of bee species in the family Halictidae. The genus is divided into 15 subgenera, some of dubious monophyly, containing over 200 species, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere (a few species occur in South America, Asia and Africa). Most species are black or dark brown, sometimes metallic greenish-tinted, with apical whitish abdominal bands on the terga (the related genus Lasioglossum, which is otherwise often similar in appearance, has the abdominal...