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Species Enoclerus ichneumoneus - Orange-banded Checkered Beetle

Checkered Beetle - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

Enoclerus beetle - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

Orange-banded Beetle - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

Orange-banded Clerid Beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus) - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

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Enoclerus ichneumoneus? - Enoclerus ichneumoneus

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(1)

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(2)

Range

e. US (s.ON-FL to WI-TX) - Map (1)(3)

Food

Adults hunt for wood-boring insects; larvae prey on beetle larvae.(4)

Life Cycle

Lays eggs on the cracks of bark infested with wood-boring insects.(4)

See Also

Enoclerus vetus Wolcott

- Range: southmost TX

Det. V. Belov, 2010

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	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 14 April, 2025 - 12:35pm

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