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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)

Family Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles

Cantharinae · Silinae · Malthininae · Chauliognathinae · Unidentified Soldier Beetle Larvae

Subfamily Cantharinae
Solider Beetle, Maybe Cantharis - Podabrus rugosulus Rufus Soldier Beetle? - Cantharis livida Which beetle, please? - Podabrus rugosulus - male - female Soldier Beetle - Rhaxonycha Soldier beetle - Podabrus tomentosus Unknown (firefly? Doubt it...) - Podabrus tricostatus You Just Keep Me Hangin' On - Cultellunguis - male - female Beetle ? - Rhagonycha imbecillis

Subfamily Silinae
soldier beetle? - Silis pallida Firefly mimic - Polemius laticornis Net-winged beetle - Polemius laticornis red and black soldier beetle - Silis - female Leaf Beetle? - Silis pallida Freeman's South Texas Soldier Beetle - Ditemnus freemani - male - female Soldier Beetle - Ditemnus ╕ - Silis

Subfamily Malthininae
short-elytra beetle - Malthodes Tiny cantharid - Malthodes Short-winged Cantharid? cantharid - Malthodes Bug - Malthodes beetle - Malthodes beetle - Malthodes I thought Cantharidae, Belotus or such but the antennae?? - Caccodes

Subfamily Chauliognathinae
Long Yellow Beetle - Chauliognathus misellus Leatherwing beetle with milkweed pollinia - Chauliognathus marginatus Soldier Beetles - Chauliognathus omissus Chauliognathus species - Chauliognathus pensylvanicus Chauliognathus marginatus soldier beetle - Trypherus latipennis Canth. - Chauliognathus basalis Unknown Bug 01 - Chauliognathus omissus

Unidentified Soldier Beetle Larvae
Carabus Larva of some sort?? Soldier Beetle larva Larva ID Is this perhaps a snake*fly? Soldier Beetle Larva Larva mystery larvae? Beetle Larva


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