Cantharis lateralis
Description
Length: 5-7mm. The head and elytra are grey-black but the pronotum is orange, sometimes with small dark marks. The legs are usually all yellow/orange except the black rear tibiae.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
On thistles and umbellifers.
When to see it
Late spring and summer.
UK Status
Widely distributed throughout southern England and the midlands to south Yorkshire with a few scattered records from the west country, west Wales, East Anglia and the north.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 37 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015