| Checkered Beetle ( Enoclerus eximius ) | |
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| IDENTIFICATION | |
| Identification: | Enoclerus eximius (Mannerheim, 1843) |
| Common Name: | Checkered Beetle |
| Life Stage: | A |
| PHYLOGENY | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Holometabola |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Subfamily: | Clerinae |
| Genus: | Enoclerus |
| Taxon Code: | COL01491 |
| ITIS TSN#: | 999390 |
LOCATION DETAILS | |
| Location | |
| Albany Hill, Cerrito Creek, Albany | |
| County: | Alameda County |
| ECI Site#: | CA01020119 |
RECOGNITION | |
| Abdomen: Ventrum is red. Head, thorax and legs are red. Elytra are orange-red with 3 purplish-black spots in front, and a broad black band at the far end. | |
| Body Length | |
| 6-8 mm. | |
| Colors | |
| Red, black and gray. | |
BIOLOGY | |
| Food | |
| Predaceous on borers, including Paratimia conicola and Chrysophana placida in knobcone pine cones and Hemicoelus gibbicollis, Ptilinus basalis and other powederpost beetles, principally in willow, alder and California laural. | |
| Range | |
| Occurs commonly from California to British Columbia, and less abundantly in the Intermountain Region. | |
HABITAT | |
CREDITS | |
| Photographer Adrian Cotter | |
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