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| A fairly common species, Cantharis livida is one of several similarly coloured species which schoolboys commonly used to refer to as Bloodsuckers. It belongs to the Cantharidae group which are known as Soldier Beetles, but is quite large (around 23mm) in length. There are about 40 UK species and they are frequent visitors to thistles and umbelliferous flowers. The one photographed was found on Warsop Main Pit Top in May 2007, but it has been recorded from the Eakring area on several occasions. | ||
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| UK distribution of Cantharis
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 The UK distribution maps on eakringbirds.com are provided by the National Biodiversity Network (NBN Gateway) Each red square on the map indicates species present in 10km grid squares. Updated September 2011 |
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