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Unknown red winged bug with4 black spots - Pelonides quadripunctatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Lee R.

Unknown red winged bug with4 black spots - Pelonides quadripunctatus - Female
Cass County, Texas, USA
April 16, 2008
Size: 1/4 inch

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Unknown red winged bug with4 black spots - Pelonides quadripunctatus - female Unknown red winged bug with4 black spots - Pelonides quadripunctatus - female
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Contributed by Lee R. on 17 April, 2008 - 2:22pm
Last updated 3 May, 2008 - 9:39am

Thanks
to all for the info. It certainly appears to be a 4 spotted checkered beetle.

lee
… Lee R., 2 May, 2008 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

Scale
The flowers it is perched on in the other picture are approximately 5/8 - 3/4 inches wide, if that helps any.
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 17 April, 2008 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Pelonides quadripunctatus
It sure looks like a Pelonides quadripunctatus female, if this web site can be believed:
Texas Beetle Information: 4-spotted Checkered Beetle.

Nice photos. Any chance you could add a scale? Even a photo of the flower with a mm ruler?
… Stephen Hart, 17 April, 2008 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
You can certainly believe Mike Quinn's
work at Texas Entomology. Mike has been a great help with identifications here at BugGuide.
… john and jane balaban, 17 April, 2008 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Mimicry
It looks like it's mimicking a ladybird beetle... Which is unrelated, but still...
Is my assumption correct? :?
… Jonas Insinga, 17 April, 2008 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

looks like a species of cleridae
the 4-spotted Checkered Beetle Pelonides quadripunctatus may be a possibility...
… Guy A. Hanley, 17 April, 2008 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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