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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) » Trichodes » Ornate Checkered Beetle (Trichodes ornatus)
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Unknown Metallic Striped Beetle - Trichodes ornatus
Copyright © 2008 Sally King

Unknown Metallic Striped Beetle - Trichodes ornatus
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
June 14, 2008
In riparian zone on mountain parsley.

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Unknown Metallic Striped Beetle - Trichodes ornatus Unknown Metallic Striped Beetle - Trichodes ornatus
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Contributed by Sally King on 12 November, 2008 - 4:21pm
Last updated 12 November, 2008 - 8:58pm

Moved
Moved to species page, first image form NM, great photo!
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 12 November, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Very well-known, actually:-)
Gorgeous images of a checkered beetle, Trichodes ornatus, family Cleridae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 November, 2008 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Unknown to me anyway.
Thanks for the quick id.
… Sally King, 12 November, 2008 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

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