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On a Sea of Green

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The common red soldier beetle, also misleadingly known as the bloodsucker beetle, and popularly known in England as the Hogweed Bonking Beetle is a species of soldier beetle. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Rhagonycha fulva

This entry was posted on 2017/07/22 by . It was filed under Aldergrove, Insects and was tagged with , , , , , , , .

4 responses

  1. Andy

    Nice!

    2017/07/23 at 15:04

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  2. derwandersmann

    Nice shot, Robin! There are a lot of these “shield beetles” of all sorts and sized. Those leaves look like milkweed; are they?

    2017/07/24 at 07:11

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    • Robin

      D, thank you! The leaves are from out Empress tree!

      2017/07/24 at 15:49

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