Posts Tagged: Calandrina grandiflora

Soldier of Fortune

Gotta love those soldier beetles.They're among the good guys in the garden because they eat aphids and other soft-bodied insects.We've seen them on the lavender, on our nectarine tree and on our plum tree. Last weekend, a single soldier beetle (family...

Soldier beetle (famiy Cantharidae) perched on rock purslane bud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Soldier beetle (famiy Cantharidae) perched on rock purslane bud. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hi, there! Soldier beetle looks around. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Hi, there! Soldier beetle looks around. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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