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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
Neat insect to ID if possible - Podabrus Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha Beetle on Peony Bud - Atalantycha dentigera dark soldier beetle - Rhagonycha Beetle ID - Atalantycha bilineata Soldier Beetle - Podabrus piniphilus Beetle ID - Rhagonycha Cantharid-like beetle, linear, flat, pronotum orange and unspotted, slightly over 1/2 inch bl - Pacificanthia consors

Subfamily Silinae
red-and-black beetle - Ditemnus beetle to ID - Ditemnus Bettle - Silis BG1597 E2003-07c - Tytthonyx BG1597 E2003-07c - Tytthonyx A Blister Beetle? - Silis beetle with attached mites - Polemius laticornis Front end - Polemius laticornis

Subfamily Malthininae
Tiny Soldier Beetle short-elytra beetle - Malthodes Hmmm - Malthodes - female Tiny cantharid - Malthodes cantharid - Malthodes Bug - Malthodes beetle - Malthodes beetle - Malthodes

Subfamily Chauliognathinae
Unknown bug - Chauliognathus marginatus Bug on flower - Chauliognathus marginatus all-yellow soldier beetles - Chauliognathus discus Which beetle, please? - Chauliognathus marginatus Beetle - Chauliognathus basalis Soldier Beetle - Chauliognathus misellus Margined Leatherwing - Chauliognathus marginatus Belotus mating - Belotus bicolor - male - female

Unidentified Soldier Beetle Larvae
cantharid larva underside Soldier Beetle Larva soldier beetle larva Is this perhaps a snake*fly? unknown soldier beetle larva mystery larvae? soldier beetle larva? Soldier Beetle Larva


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