cardinal beetle
pyrochroa coccinea latin

The nature reserve is also a habitat for the cardinal beetle.

The cardinal beetle is a strong flier.

The false blister beetles and cardinal beetles also produce cantharidin.

Lastly, the cardinal beetle has a comb-like antennae.

The cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) is a red to orange beetle with a red head.

The Black-headed Cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea) is larger and a deeper blood red.

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.

Fire-coloured beetles are the beetles of the Pyrochroidae family, which includes the red Cardinal beetles.

Invertebrates include red cardinal beetles, banded demoiselles and the rare and protected Desmoulin's whorl snail.

Pyrochroa serraticornis, which is very similar to P. coccinea except it has a red head instead of a black one, is also referred to as a Cardinal beetle.

Lily beetles are often confused with the Cardinal beetles (Pyrochroa serraticornis) as they also have a black underside and wings that are spotless and red in colour.

However, the lily leaf beetles have wing cases that are shinier with tiny dimples on them, they are more rounded in shape compared to the dull, narrow, flattened and elongated Cardinal beetle.

Lily leaf beetles are herbivores and are usually found on lily plants eating their leaves whereas the cardinal beetles are usually found on tree bark and flowers and feed on flying insects.