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Insect Identification > Description of the Iron Clad Beetle

Details of the Iron Clad Beetle

CATEGORY:
Beetle

COMMON NAME:
"Iron Clad Beetle"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Zopherus haldemani)

TAXONOMY:
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Insecta
    Order: Coleoptera
     Family: Mordellidae
      Genus: Zopherus
       Species: haldemani

CHARACTERISTICS: The exoskeletons of these beetles is extremely thick, hence their name. This species is living jewelry in Mexico where the beetles are decorated by jewelers.

Ironclad beetles are nocturnal and will act dead if touched or disturbed.

They are known to eat fungi.

ADULT SIZE (Length, not including legs):
20mm to 26mm (0.79in to 1.02in) (Compare Size)

IDENTIFYING COLORS: black; white; yellow

California; Arizona; New Mexico; Texas; Nevada

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