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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Cleroidea) » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Chariessa » Chariessa vestita
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Blue Beetle - Chariessa vestita
Copyright © 2008 Troilus98

Blue Beetle - Chariessa vestita
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
September 26, 2008
Size: Approximately 1.5 cm
We found this bug hanging around a tree branch we cut off our tree two days ago. There were two, one male and one female. We actually caught them when they were mating, and later released; sorry no pictures of this. We thought this bug was extremely strange for our area, as have never seen it before.
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Contributed by Troilus98 on 19 October, 2008 - 1:29am
Last updated 19 October, 2008 - 11:10am

Wow.
Some kind of "checkered beetle" in the family Cleridae. I'm not familiar with Texas fauna, so maybe someone else here can give a genus and species. These are predatory on other kinds of insects, including bark beetles, so they should be considered beneficial, not harmful.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 October, 2008 - 1:32am login or register to post comments

 
Chariessa vestita
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… v belov, 19 October, 2008 - 5:31am login or register to post comments

 
moved
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… Lynette Schimming, 19 October, 2008 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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