Alex Hyde / Pair of mating Soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva), Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles / Black-tipped soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding and mating on Wild Carrot / Queen Anne's lace flowerhead (Daucus carota), chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, Ju...

Nigel Cattlin / Wild Sea carrot (Daucus carota subsp. gummifer), flowering on cliffs in South Devon, England, UK. July

Roman Willi / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on flower head, Lucerne, Switzerland. July. Focus stacked.

John Waters / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) on grass stem preparing to fly, hay meadow, Devon, UK, July.

Neil Aldridge / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) flying from a grass stem in a garden, North Somerset, United Kingdom, July.

Neil Aldridge / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) climbing a grass stem in a garden, North Somerset, United Kingdom, July.

Neil Aldridge / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) flying from a grass stem in a garden, North Somerset, United Kingdom, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating in grass. The Netherlands. July.

Edwin Giesbers / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating amongst flowers. The Netherlands. July.

Andy Sands / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating pair on grass stem at dawn covered in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked

Andy Sands / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) climbing up grass with dew drops, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked