Common Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochroa serraticornis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Pyrochroidae

Also called: Cardinal beetle, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

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Common Cardinal Beetle
Photo: Julian Oliver, CC BY

The common cardinal beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis, belongs to the fire-colored beetle family Pyrochroidae. It occurs in Europe. Beetles from Germany and eastern Europe that look similar are actually a different cryptic species, Pyrochroa bifoveata.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Pyrochroa serraticornis is a fire-colored beetle in the family Pyrochroidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It lives in Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range is Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Populations from Germany and eastern Europe are actually the cryptic species Pyrochroa bifoveata.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Common Cardinal Beetle photo 3
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Same family (Pyrochroidae)

Black-headed Cardinal BeetleBlack-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrochroa_serraticornis

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