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Tyler092304 Buffalo, NY Jul 25, 2017

Found in woods just curious on what it is. It was sitting on this little flower

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 26, 2017

This appears to be a soldier beetle (family Cantharidae) - http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/114016606
They feed primarily on pollen and nectar as well as on some insects they encounter on flowers. Their larvae feed on other insect larvae and insect eggs.

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