Cantharis nigricans - a grey & orange soldier beetle 1c
I think it's this! Had I known more about ID-ing this beetle when I found it, I'd have flipped it on it's back to see if it had dark marks on its orange abdomen. But the dark knee on the hind femur is possibly big enough for an ID. Please correct me if not so. Thanks!
Long grass near a chalk stream, St Cross Water-meadows, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, 6 June 2013.
OS Grid Ref: SU 478 281
Cantharis nigricans - a grey & orange soldier beetle 1c
I think it's this! Had I known more about ID-ing this beetle when I found it, I'd have flipped it on it's back to see if it had dark marks on its orange abdomen. But the dark knee on the hind femur is possibly big enough for an ID. Please correct me if not so. Thanks!
Long grass near a chalk stream, St Cross Water-meadows, Winchester, Hampshire, UK, 6 June 2013.
OS Grid Ref: SU 478 281