# Cantharis livida

- By: Richard Bartz
- Date: 2008-05-24
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cantharis_livida.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/f/f5/Cantharis_livida.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A soldier beetle (Cantharis pellucida) The soldier beetles, or Cantharidae are relatively soft-bodied, straight sided beetles, related to the Lampyridae or firefly family, but being unable to produce light.