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Orange-banded Checkered Beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus)
Species
Enoclerus ichneumoneus
- Orange-banded Checkered Beetle
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Polyphaga
No Taxon
(Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily
Cleroidea
Family
Cleridae (Checkered Beetles)
Subfamily
Clerinae
Genus
Enoclerus
Species
ichneumoneus
(Orange-banded Checkered Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
knabi
Wolcott
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1
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Explanation of Names
Enoclerus ichneumoneus
(Fabricius 1776)
Size
8-11 mm
(
2
)
Identification
A very wide orangish-brown band across the middle of the elytra and an elongate scutellum
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2
)
Range
ON-FL to WI-UT-CA
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1
)
Food
Adults hunt for wood-boring insects; larvae prey on beetle larvae.
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3
)
Life Cycle
Lays eggs on the cracks of bark infested with wood-boring insects.
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3
)
Works Cited
1.
The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of Florida.
Leavengood, Jr., J.M. 2008. University of Florida, Gainesville. 206 pp.
2.
The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.
The Lives of Beetles: A Natural History of Coleoptera
Arthur V. Evans. 2023. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by
Bbarnd
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
Marci Hess
,
PaleoJon
Last updated 17 August, 2023 - 9:24am