What is Cantharis rufa?
{{Taxobox |image= Roter Fliegenkäfer (Cantharis rufa) (9528168685).jpg |image_caption= ''Cantharis rufa'' Germany |regnum=[[Animal]]ia |phylum=[[Arthropod]]a |classis=[[Insect]]a |ordo=[[Beetle|Coleoptera]] |subordo = [[Polyphaga]] |familia=[[Cantharidae]] |genus=''[[Cantharis]]'' |species= '''''C. rufa''''' |binomial=''Cantharis rufa'' |binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]) <ref>Linnaeus C. (1758). ''Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata''. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm</ref> }} '''''Cantharis rufa''''' is a species of [[soldier beetle]] and is coloured orange and black. This beetle is common in large parts of [[Europe]] and is 10mm to 15mm in length. It lives in bushes, edges of forests and meadows. They hunt for small insects. <ref>[[Fauna Europaea]]</ref><ref>Norman H. Joy, , 1932 ''[[A Practical Handbook of British Beetles]]''</ref> It is often mixed up with the beetle named [[Cantharis fusca]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q1765637}} [[Category:Polyphaga]] [[Category:Animals of Europe]] {{biology-stub}}