Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on Wild carrot (Daucus carota carota) flower, Hvblege, Mn, Denmark, July 2009

Kim Taylor / Black-tipped Soldier Beetle {Rhagonycha fulva} taking off from Creeping Thistle {Cirsium arvense} Surrey, England.

Heather Angel / Saxon wasp (Dolichovespula saxonica) and Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding on Broad leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). Surrey, England, UK. August.

Sandra Bartocha / Soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) Mon, Denmark, September.

Rod Williams / Common Red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Creeping thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK July

Rod Williams / Three Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on thistle, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, July.

Loic Poidevin / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonicha fulva) on Wild carrot (Daucus carota) Vendee, France, June

MYN / Edwin Brosens / Soldier beetles (Cantharis rustica) mating, Oude Buische Heide Nature Reserve, Achtmaal, Netherlands. May. meetyourneighbours.net project

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

MYN / Matt Cole / Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) on a dew covered seed head, Leicestershire, England, UK, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harcourt Davies / Checkered beetel (Trichodes alvearius) a colourful soldier beetle, Orvieto, Italy, May