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Jan Zwaaneveld
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Posted on 06-07-2007 17:07
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Does anyone have an idea about this one? I found it on June 9th at Leerdam, Netherlands. Thanks in advance!
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Juergen Peters
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Hello, Jan!

It's a Cantharid beetle. Looks mostly like Cantharis lateralis but I'm no expert and there are other species with a similar looking colouration.

C. lateralis:
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Others:
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Jürgen

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Cantharis?lateralis
with side of te wing and the appendices of the head fawn-coloured

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Jan Zwaaneveld
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Thank you very much, Juergen and cthirion! I suspected it was a Cantharis sp., but could not find a matching member of this genus. But lateralis seems perfectly right!
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