Orange-headed Soldier Beetle: S2, Male, dorsal

Orange-headed Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus granulatus)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Family:

Soldier Beetle (Cantharidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Orange-headed Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus granulatus)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Male, dorsal🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
Notice the differences between the 2 species.
This one has broken black bands around the abdomen, the black marking on the back of the shield is quite different and it has orange legs (not black). This one also has orange head, not black.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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