| 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 ones photographed was found on
Warsop Main Pit Top in May 2007 and Berry Hill Park in
Mansfield 2012, but it has been recorded from the Eakring
area on several occasions. |
