Cantharis species Soldier beetle feeding on a rust fungus on a dock leaf.

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Interesting behaviour that I'd never spotted before, but this soldier beetle (Either Cantharis crypticca or Cantharis figurata var. luteata.) is feeding on a very pink rust spot on a dock leaf.

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Photo credit: © Mark Horton / Alamy / Afripics
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