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Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica

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Description:

Rustic sailor beetle climbing grass during a windy day. Body length about 10 mm. Black spot (heart-shaped) on pronotum not reaching front edge. Femora partly red. Tarsi black. The base of antennae red, the rest black.

Habitat:

Meadow in mount Chortiatis (Thessaloniki, Greece).

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Rustic Sailor Beetle - Cantharis rustica - Overview

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