SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Beetle, (Rhagonycha fulva), feeding on oxeye daisy flower, Scotland, UK, July.

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.

Nick Upton / Female Comb-footed spider (Enoplognatha ovata) wrapping a Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) with silk after injecting it with venom. Chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

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

Lorraine Bennery / Common soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating, Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Common soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating pairs, La Brenne Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Common soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating, Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Andy Sands / Sawfly (Tenthredo amoena) feeding on Red Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) on flower of wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), Oxfordshire, England, UK, July

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

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

Adrian Davies / Black-Tipped Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) group with some mating, on Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) The Gower, Wales, 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...

Ross Hoddinott / Black-tipped Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) on grass stem. Tamar Lakes, Cornwall, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on plantain flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) pair mating on plantain flower, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Striped caterpillar larva of Cinnabar moth (Tyria / Callimorpha jacobaea) beside a mating pair of warningly coloured Soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) UK

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Soldier beetles mating (Rhagonycha fulva) England, UK

Kim Taylor / Black-tipped soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) covered in pollen, UK. after feeding on

PREMAPHOTOS / Soldier beetles on ragwort {Rhagonycha fulva} England, UK

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

Kim Taylor / Black-tipped soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) on hawkweed, Surrey, England

Premaphotos / Common soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating on Creeping thistle flower, with a second male trying to dislodge the mating male, UK

Premaphotos / Common soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) mating pairs on Creeping thistle flower, UK

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

Nigel Cattlin / Four Red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) pollinating the white flowering umbel of Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Berkshire, UK. July.

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

Nick Upton / Cinnabar moth caterpillar (Tyria jacobaeae) and a Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding on Ragwort flowers (Senecio jacobaea), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Close-up of a Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating while nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) nectar feeding and looking for mates on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) nectar feeding and looking for mates on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) mating while nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium), Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) with pollen-covered face, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.

Nigel Cattlin / Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) gathering, feeding and mating on a hogweed flower in summer, Berkshire, England, UK, July

Nick Upton / Common red soldier beetle / Black-tipped soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) nectar feeding on Common hogweed flowers (Heracleum sphondylium) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.