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Cantharis livida
Cantharis livida erreicht 9 bis 13,5 mm. Die Flügeldecken sind entweder orange oder schwarz (wie bei jenem auf dem Foto - falls ich nicht irre, ist es dann die Unterart rufipes). Der Kopf ist orange mit einem schwarzen Fleck, der Halsschild orange, das erste Beinpaar orange, die anderen beiden Paare haben schwarze Schienen und tlw. schwarze Schenkel. Die Antennen-Basis ist orange, der Rest schwarz. //////////////// Cantharis livida ranges from 9 to 13.5 mm. The color of the elytrons is either orange or black (like the one I shot - then it's the subspecies rufipes, if I'm right). The head is orange with a black spot, the pronotum orange, the first pair of legs orange, the other two pairs have black tibiae and partially black femora. The base of the antennae is orange, the rest black.
Sie können überall in Deutschland gefunden werden und sind nicht selten. Allgemeiner gesagt ist diese Art fast überall in Europa, in der östlichen Paläarktis und in Nord-Afrika verbreitet.Sie leben im Ödland, in Parks und in offenen Wäldern. Die Imagos jagen andere Insekten (man hat sie aber auch schon tote Insekten fressen sehen), und auch ihre Larven leben räuberisch (Schnecken und Regenwürmer). ////////////// They live in wasteland, parkland and open woodland. The imagos hunt other insects (but have also been seen eating dead insects), and also the larvae are predators (snails and earthworms).
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Perfect to write both in German and English :)!
Ah, I see! Well, I'm no pro, but as I said before P. consors seems to have at least black knees on all legs, some photos also show black tibiae, but yours doesn't seem to be black at all on the legs. Thus I'm not sure if it's really P. consors - but since I'm not familiar with the fauna of the United States I sadly can't help you :-/ I can just give the advice to take a look around in the Cantharidae-family on bugguide.net ( http://bugguide.net/node/view/118 ) - that yours is a soldier is the only thing I'm sure of ;)
Thank you for the reply FF. I was trying to check if mine was identified correctly!!I am sure yours is correct.
Hello Jemma,
yes, it's a soldier. But if the link you gave me is a suggestion for the ID I have to disagree.
P. consors an C. livida look similar, but have small differences - livida has an orange-black head while consors is all orange, and it seems that all three leg-pairs of consors are partially black while lividas first pair is orange.
And as far as I know the genus Pacificanthia doesn't exist in Middle-Europe, at least not in germany, where this guy was found.
For me the relevant site to look for beetles is http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/enFSearch... . This site shows (almost) all beetles living in germany.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/206...
is this a soldier beetlee?