Cantharidae - Firefighter beetle - Soldier beetle

Cantharidae - Firefighter beetle - Soldier beetle.

Probably many of you are familiar with these adorable, if I may say so about beetles, insects.

This beetle has many names, someone calls him Firefighter beetle, and someone calls him Soldier beetle .

But I think he really looks like a firefighter who climbs on a fire tower and watches the situation around.

Very often I see these beetles when they climb to the top of the grass stalk, which increases the resemblance to a firefighter.

The family of these beetles Cantharidae, in Russian translation, is referred to as beetles with a soft body.

It's funny, but if you take this beetle in your hands, you will be convinced of the opposite.

He has a very tough armor, like a medieval knight.

This is especially noticeable when a beetle enters your apartment.

One gets the impression that a racehorse is running on your floor and hitting the floor with its hooves.

Many who do not know this beetle are afraid of him. But, this beetle is dangerous only for other insects.

He, no worse than a ladybug, copes with the destruction of aphids and other harmful insects.

This is a real orderly for your garden and orchard. He always rushes to the rescue like a firefighter.

I propose to look at a series of photographs that capture this, no doubt, a wonderful beetle.

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Author @barski
Ukraine

For my publications, I do not use stock photographs, it is fundamentally important for me to use photographs that I have made with my own hands for publication and I can name them - authorial work.

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