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Common Red Soldier Beetles - Rhagonycha fulva - male - female

Common Red Soldier Beetles - Rhagonycha fulva - Male Female
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
July 22, 2007
There were many of these mating on Daucus carota flowerheads. This flowerhead had at least half a dozen more coupling pairs elsewhere on the cluster.