Garden Pests and Diseases: Friend or Foe?, 1 by Night_Bloom
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Night_Bloom wrote: And here's another beetle predator. This is a soldier beetle (family Cantharidae). It somewhat resembles fireflies in body shape and coloration, but it doesn't glow. A very few of these beetles are omnivorous eating vegetables, and some will visit flowers for nectar and pollen, but most are predatory both as larvae and as adult beetles. This message was edited May 11, 2005 4:45 AM |