( Enoclerus eximius )
PHOTO COMMENT
(Mannerheim ,1843 )
LOCATION DETAILS
RECOGNITION
BIOLOGY
CREDITS
Adrian Cotter
Insect Sciences Museum of California
References
| Checkered Beetle ( Enoclerus eximius ) | |
| |
|
| |
PHOTO COMMENT | |
| IDENTIFICATION | |
| Identification: | Enoclerus eximius (Mannerheim ,1843 ) |
| Common Name: | Checkered Beetle |
| Life Stage: | (A) adult |
| PHYLOGENY | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Holometabola |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Family: | Cleridae |
| Subfamily: | Clerinae |
| Genus: | Enoclerus |
| Taxon Code: | COL01491 |
| ITIS/TSN: | 999390 |
LOCATION DETAILS | |
| Location Name | |
| Cerrito Creek, Albany | |
| County: | Alameda County |
| ECI Site#: | CA01020000 |
RECOGNITION | |
| Description | |
| Abdomen: Ventrum is red. Head, thorax and legs are red. Elytra are orange-red with 3 purplish-black spots in front, and a broad black band at the far end. | |
| Body Length | |
| 6-8 mm. | |
BIOLOGY | |
| Food | |
| Predaceous on borers, including Paratimia conicola and Chrysophana placida in knobcone pine cones and Hemicoelus gibbicollis, Ptilinus basalis and other powederpost beetles, principally in willow, alder and California laural. | |
| Range | |
| Occurs commonly from California to British Columbia, and less abundantly in the Intermountain Region. | |
CREDITS | |
|
Photographer Adrian Cotter Insect Sciences Museum of California | |
References | |
| Species Enoclerus eximius. (http://bugguide.net/node/view/183820). Accessed May 25, 2016. . | |
| ITIS. | |
| Western Forest Insects. 1977. Furniss, R.L. and V.M. Carolin. United States Department of Food and Agriculture. Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. | |
