Cantharis
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| Cantharis nigra (formerly C. fulvicollis) is just one of several similarly coloured beetles that belong to the Cantharidae group, more commonly known as Soldier Beetles. Female C. nigra vary in the colouration of the pronutum, but the slightly smaller males are generally black, or very dark in appearance. There are about 40 UK species and they are frequent visitors to thistles and umbelliferous flowers, where they probably prey on other flower-feeding insects. Numbers of C. nigra were found commonly on long grass at Eakring Flash in July 2008. | ||
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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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