''Cantharis rustica'' is a species of
soldier beetle found in Europe east to central Russia.
[Traugott, M. (2006). Habitat use and activity patterns of larval and adult ''Cantharis'' beetles in arable land. European journal of soil biology, 42(2), 82-88. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.10.001)]
Description
In central Europe, the adult beetles appears between May and July.
Larvae
A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle.
The ...
are active from late summer until early spring and in March and April they
pupate.
Distribution
According to
GBIF records, ''Cantharis rustica'' occurs in Europe from as north as
Scandinavia to the shores of the
Mediterranean and from the
Atlantic Ocean to central
Russia.
[''Cantharis rustica'' Fallén, 1807 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-06-13.]
Habitat
This beetle species has a preference for
arable land.
References
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Cantharidae
Insects of Europe
Insects described in 1807
Taxa named by Carl Fredrik Fallén