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Beetle ? - Trichodes ornatus

Beetle ? - Trichodes ornatus
NW, Wyoming, USA
August 31, 2004

Clerid Beetle
A beetle of the family Cleridae, I think, possibly Trichodes.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina

 
Checkered beetle
Right on! Trichodes ornatus to be specific, a pretty common western insect, parasitic on Megachile leafcutter bees.

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