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Red Ants? - Rhagonycha fulva - male - female
Copyright © 2007 Edith Kangas

Red Ants? - Rhagonycha fulva - Male Female
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
July 25, 2007
Taken in a conservation park and the area had a lot of these red ants(?) mating.
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Contributed by Edith Kangas on 31 July, 2007 - 8:16pm
Last updated 26 August, 2007 - 8:24pm

Moved
Moved from Frass.
… john and jane balaban, 26 August, 2007 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Common Red Soldier Beetle.
… Edith Kangas, 22 August, 2007 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Don't beieve
they are ants. Guessing they are a flower bug/beetle of some sort. Hopefully someone here will know the ID.

Gary
… Gary Kessler, 31 July, 2007 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Soldier Beetles
They are a pair of soldier beetles (Cantharidae).
They are very similar to Rhagonycha fulva, a very widespread species in Europe, but I don't know if this species (or even genus) is present in America.
… Francesco Vitali, 1 August, 2007 - 2:30am login or register to post comments

 
They are present in NA.
See my image here , also taken in Ontario. There are many native North American representatives of this genus. R. fulva is introduced here.
… Stephen Luk, 1 August, 2007 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Soldier Beetles
Thank you for the ID. Your image and description is exactly the same. Mine were taken at Milne Conservation in Markham. I really appreciate your time.
… Edith Kangas, 1 August, 2007 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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