Cardinal beetle

Cardinal beetle

Taxobox
name = Cardinal beetle



image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Coleoptera
familia = Pyrochroidae
genus = "Pyrochra"
species = "P. coccinea"
binomial = "Pyrochroa coccinea"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1762
The cardinal beetle is a brightly-coloured red or orange beetle. It is approximately 20 mm long. It has a black face.

The cardinal beetle preys on other insects and is normally found on flowers at the edges of woodland

The cardinal beetle is a strong flier. The cardinal beetle is bright red; in that way it warns predators that it is toxic.

People often mistake the smaller Scarlet lily beetle, "Lilioceris lilii", for a cardinal beetle.


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