Soldier Beetle Collection

Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) climbing up grass with dew drops, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked

Beetle, (Rhagonycha fulva), feeding on oxeye daisy flower, Scotland, UK, July

Max Barclay with Malthodes lobatus, whitehawk soldier beetle
This new beetle was discovered in Brighton, U.K in 2003 by Max Barclay an entomologist at the Natural History Museum, London

Soldier beetles -Cantharidae- mating on a Spurge flower -Euphorbia acanthothamnos-, Datca, Datca Peninsula, Mugla Province, Aegean, Turkey

Common Red Soldier Beetle -Rhagonycha fulva- preparing to fly, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Soldier Beetle -Cantharis fusca-, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Soldier beetles (Cantharidae) crawling over yellow flower heads of Jacobaea vulgaris (Ragwort), close-up

Soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva), artwork. This common species of soldier beetle is up to 11mm long with distinctive red colouring

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Discover the beauty and diversity of soldier beetles (Cantharidae), with common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) gracefully climbing grass with dew drops, feeding on oxeye daisies in Scotland, UK, and mating on spurge flowers in Turkey. Witness Max Barclay's encounter with the whitehawk soldier beetle (Malthodes lobatus) and observe soldier beetles (Cantharis fusca) preparing to fly in Germany. Up close, marvel at these vibrant insects as they crawl over the yellow flower heads of ragwort in their natural habitat.