Red-blue Checkered Beetle

Trichodes nutalli · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cleridae

Also called: Nuttall's Shaggy Beetle

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Red-blue Checkered Beetle
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA

The red-blue checkered beetle lives in North America. Its range is limited to that continent.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 21 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, South Dakota, Vermont, North Dakota, Wyoming.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Red-blue Checkered Beetle photo 2
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY
Red-blue Checkered Beetle photo 3
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY
Red-blue Checkered Beetle photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Red-blue Checkered Beetle photo 5
Photo: Abby Hyde, CC BY

Same family (Cleridae)

Bee-eating BeetleBee-eating BeetleTrichodes apiariusOrnate Checkered BeetleOrnate Checkered BeetleTrichodes ornatusBee-eating Beetle (Trichodes alvearius)Bee-eating Beetle (Trichodes alvearius)Trichodes alveariusEuropean Red-bellied CleridEuropean Red-bellied CleridThanasimus formicariusPilose Checkered BeetlePilose Checkered BeetleChariessa pilosa

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichodes_nuttalli

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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