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An important predator of aphids that supplements their diets with nectar and ...
Found on milkweed plant by tall grass prairie in Environmental Learning area by ...
Has black/orange legs and a copletely orange head and pronotum with black eyes; ...
~1,5cm long, large fangs, color patterns reminiscent of the common native ...
Red head and thorax, black elytra, last segment of abdomen extending past the ...
Beetles are almost entirely black, with edges of the pronotum, mouth parts and ...
Soldier beetle hunting for aphids on a thistle plant.
The soldier beetles, Cantharidae, are relatively soft-bodied, straight-sided ...
Elytra black, edges yellow. Pronotum yellow and pink, head yellow and black.
Medium sized beetle. Black elytra, protonum orange with black in the center, ...
Smaller beetle with a black head, antennae, legs and elytra. Protonum red ...
Soldier beetles are highly desired by gardeners as biological control agents of ...