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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Cantharinae » Cantharini » Cantharis » Cantharis livida
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Beetle - Cantharis livida
Copyright © 2008 Noah Charney

Beetle - Cantharis livida
Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
May 25, 2008

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Contributed by Noah Charney on 1 June, 2008 - 11:27pm
Last updated 13 March, 2018 - 8:43pm

Moved
Moved from Soldier Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 October, 2008 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

I am confused
What is this doing with the two images of an adult beetle and on the same day? Definitely not the same individual!
… Beatriz Moisset, 8 June, 2008 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, I dug up the pupa in my
Well, I dug up the pupa in my garden on 5/25, took some pictures and placed it in a container to see what emerged. On 6/1 I looked in the container, the pupa was gone and there was this beetle. Based on that sequence of events, I assumed they were the same individual. Do you have reason to believe the pupa and adult don't match?
… Noah Charney, 9 June, 2008 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Dates
Then, the date for this pupa should read 5/25 and it becomes clear.
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 June, 2008 - 5:50am login or register to post comments

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