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green and red stripe - Trichodes nutalli
Copyright © 2007 nschmidt123

green and red stripe - Trichodes nutalli
approximately 90 kms north of Winnipeg and several kms. east of L. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
July 7, 2007
Size: less than one inch
At approximately 11:00 Saturday morning I noticed this bug on a Prairie Rose that was growing in sandy soil on an incline in an open area in the Belair Forest Reserve. Thank you for your help.
Contributed by nschmidt123 on 9 July, 2007 - 10:03am
Last updated 5 November, 2007 - 6:58pm

Moved
Moved from Trichodes.
… Guy A. Hanley, 5 November, 2007 - 6:58pm

Moved
Moved from Trichodes apivorus.
Pattern does not agree well with other images of the species.
… Boris Büche, 13 September, 2007 - 3:53am

Looks like a Checkered Beetle...
in the family Cleridae, maybe Trichodes. Then again, I'm no beetle expert, so I'm just taking a stab on the genus.
… Nick Fensler, 9 July, 2007 - 10:30am

 
Buprestid
beetle?
… Adalbert Goertz, 9 July, 2007 - 1:02pm

 
Too limber :-)
No bup is able to deflex its head/pronotum to such an extent.
… Jim McClarin, 9 July, 2007 - 9:43pm

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