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Insect Identification > Description of the Checkered Beetle
 

Details of the Checkered Beetle

CATEGORY:
Beetle

COMMON NAME:
"Checkered Beetle"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Enoclerus rosmarus)

TAXONOMY:
(View Orders)
Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
     Family: Cleridae
      Genus: Enoclerus
       Species: rosmarus


CHARACTERISTICS: A strong banding pattern lends itself to the name of this beetle. Checkered beetles eat other insects: weevils, borer beetles and bark beetles.

They are likely to be seen around flowers and weeds from late spring to early summer.


ADULT SIZE (Length, not including legs):
3mm to 12mm (0.12in to 0.47in) (Compare Size)

IDENTIFYING COLORS: red; black; yellow

North American Reach
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas
 
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Picture of Checkered Beetle
Courtesy of Edreindle

     

 

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