Beetle With Red Legs

It is an oblong-shaped beetle with the head and being narrower than its rear end.

Beetle with red legs. Longipes means long-legged Its body from head to abdomen is mainly red or orange with distinctive black markings on the thorax and wings. The well-rounded pronotum helps to distinguish this species from other similar ground beetles. It is a very common beetle in gardens and on arable land.

The plants you can find the beetle include strawberry raspberry rhododendron grape and peppermint. This handsome black beetle is flightless and can be seen walking along the ground or in low vegetation in April. Rhagonycha fulva was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763.

Many similar species known as scarabs. The beetles name comes from its defence strategy of exuding bright red fluid from its mouth when threatened. Larger specimens measure about ¼ inch 7mm.

There are two other species of cardinal beetle in the UK both of which have black heads. They are light grey but with clear violet drawings on the upper side. The name ham beetle was given to them since they were detected on hams in smokehouses.

The Red-legged ham beetle of the checkered beetle family can be recognized from its red legs against its greenish-blue body. The beetle Megetra cancellata is commonly known as the black and red blister beetle. This small iridescent greenish -blue beetle has reddish brown legs earning it its name.

The red-headed cardinal beetle is bright red with black legs and long black toothed antennae. This species is cosmopolitan probably mainly spread through the trade of copra. It has been a popularly documented pest to dried meat and copra or dried coconut since 1925 both as a larva and an adult.