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Checkered Beetle - Neorthopleura texana
Copyright © 2013 Iustin Cret

Checkered Beetle - Neorthopleura texana
Victoria, Victoria County, Texas, USA
August 8, 2013
Size: 6.5 - 7 mm
I found it inside the house. But I am pretty sure it was bring, from outside on clothes, or it was attracted to light when the door was opened. It is happen frequently in night.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 10 August, 2013 - 6:49pm
Last updated 12 August, 2021 - 11:46am

Moved
Moved from Neorthopleura.
… v belov, 12 August, 2021 - 11:46am

Moved Tent. maybe N. texana?
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 11 August, 2013 - 1:51pm

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