The Soldier Beetles (468 NA spp) are a common family having predaceous
ground/wood inhabiting larvae.Chauliognathispennsylvanicus,
the Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, is a pollen feeder found on flower heads
in late summer. It is both abundant and ubiquitous. Other genera collected
include:
Cantharis
(8 spp--rectus,
rotundicollis,
nigriceps,
excavatus,
fraxini,
carolinus,
scitulus,
impressicollis?),
Podabrus
(5 spp--tricostatus, diadema,
modestus,
frater,
protensus),
Silis
(3 spp) and Polemius
(2? spp). Larvae of these genera are primarily woodland predators. Malthodes
sp has also been collected.
Trypherus atripennis found in Minnesota, but not collected at
Cedar Creek.
