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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Soldier Beetles</title>
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		<title>Goldenrod Soldier Beetles Mating</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/01/20347/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug Love
August 31, 2009
I thought you might like a photo of some margined leatherwing beetles in the mating act.
Doug
near Omaha NE
Dear Doug,
Thanks for sending us your Bug Love image, but we don&#8217;t believe these are Margined Leatherwings.  That species, according to BugGuide, is &#8220;Very similar to C. pennsylvanicus, but pronotum has wide dark band, instead [...]


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		<title>Mating Pennsylvania Leatherwings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beetle black &#38; orange-yellow
August 12, 2009
Beetle same size and shape as a firefly. Black and orange-yellow carapice; black and yellow bars on body. Similar to a Cantharid beetle, but different color and pattern. Mating in August. Couldn&#8217;t find on internet or stock photo sites.
Mike Church
Detroit area, Michigan
Hi Mike,
These are mating Pennsylvania Leatherwings, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus, also [...]


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		<title>Black Firefly</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/soldier-beetle-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Firefly impostor
June 13, 2009
A few weeks ago I noticed many insects that look very similar to fireflies. The body is black and head has red/orange markings. They seemed to appear all on the same day and now we have hundreds around the house. We have never noticed them (at least in this quantity) before. Any [...]


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		<title>Hogweed Bonking Beetles:  mating and feeding</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/14/hogweed-bonking-beetles-mating-and-feeding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What R These?
July 13, 2009
Hi
These are found on one paticular plant right now which they feed upon and become intimate as well. I&#8217;ve included a pic of the plant. The beetles are1/2&#8243; in length at most. I have never seen these in the field that I walk on a regular basis for the past 5 [...]


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		<title>Soldier Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/30/soldier-beetle-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 14:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intruder Alert!
Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I found this guy skulking alone on my living room ceiling this evening. It was a very warm day out today, one of the warmest so far this year in Portland, Oregon.
I don&#8217;t recognize him, nor to any of my friends.
For the moment, I have him in a [...]


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		<title>Mating Tricolor Soldier Beetles from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/03/mating-tricolor-soldier-beetles-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/03/mating-tricolor-soldier-beetles-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mating unknown Longicorns
Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Hi guys.
Hope the book is progressing well. I found this pair today while photographing a moth. I have not seen such brightly coloured longicorns before and hopefully someone can ID these for me. Hope you like this buglove shot
aussietrev
Queensland, Australia
Hi Trevor,
We are still courting the editor and [...]


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		<title>Mating Soldier Beetles from Colorado, probably Colorado Soldier Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/09/mating-soldier-beetles-from-colorado-probably-colorado-soldier-beetles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mating Orange Beetles
Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 12:17 AM
Many of these beetles were mating this fall amongst the wildflowers here in Colorado Springs.
Nick DeBarmore
Colorado Springs, CO



Mating Soldier Beetles, possibly Colorado Soldier Beetles


Dear Nick,
These are some species of Soldier Beetle or Leatherwing from the genus Chauliognathus.&#160; There is a very common eastern species, Chauliognathus pensylvanicus, the [...]


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