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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Cantharis » Cantharis livida

Species Cantharis livida

Classification · Explanation of Names · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)
Family Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
Subfamily Cantharinae
Genus Cantharis
Species livida (Cantharis livida)
Explanation of Names
Author: Linnaeus 1758
Habitat
Hedge Rows and Meadows
Food
Larvae: snails, earthworms.
Adult: insects.
Remarks
Non native
Internet References
University of Massachussets.
Contributed by tom murray on 4 April, 2007 - 12:03pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 4 February, 2009 - 9:01am

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