![Cantharis rustica, a black and red soldier beetle with a black, heart-shaped mark on its red pronotum, rests on a grass seedhead](/sites/default/files/styles/node_hero_default/public/third_light/Cantharis%2520rustica%252C%2520Sherwood%2520Forest%252C%25202nd%2520June%252022%2520%2528c%2529%2520Tom%2520Hibbert.jpg?h=5f29f7b4&itok=_RmKADvt)
Soldier beetle, Cantharis rustica © Tom Hibbert
Soldier beetle
Scientific name: Cantharis rustica
One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.
Species information
Statistics
Length: 9-13mmConservation status
Common