red-blue checkered beetle

red-blue checkered beetle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trichodes nutalli


Taxonomy

Order:

Coleoptera (beetles)

 

Suborder:

Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, longhorn, leaf and snout beetles)

 

Infraorder:

Cucujiformia

 

Superfamily:

Cleroidea

 

Family:

Cleridae (checkered beetles)

 

Subfamily:

Clerinae


Status

 

Flight/Season

 

Habitat

Meadows, fields with flowers, gardens.

Size

 


Identification

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Larval Food

Larvae of wasps and bees.

 
Adult Food

Thrips and other small insects, pollen.

 
Life Cycle

 

 
Behavior

 


Range Range Map  

Sources: 7.

 
Sightings

 

St. Croix Savanna SNA

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Synonyms

 

 
Common
Names

red-blue checkered beetle


 

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