soldier beetle


noun
  1. a yellowish-red cantharid beetle, Rhagonycha fulva, having a somewhat elongated body

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How to use soldier beetle in a sentence

  • One is called the larvae of the common soldier beetle and the other "seems to be a variety of the bronze cut worm."

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