| There are
about 40 UK species of Cantharidae (Soldier
beetles) with many being frequent visitors to thistles
and umbelliferous flowers, where they probably prey on
other flower-feeding insects. Cantharis figurata is
one of numerous similarly coloured species, but is
relatively easy to distinguish by the distinctive mark on
the pronutum. This beetle also seems to be much less
common based on our own records. In fact it was not until
mid-June 2011, that we recorded our first at Warsop Main
Pit Top, before finding one the next day at Nettleworth
Manor. |
