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		<title>Checkered Beetle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bug Location: Wittmann, AZ 85361 November 6, 2011 1:07 pm Hi We found this bug in our house in Mobile Gardens in Wittmann, Arizona. We have tried to identify it with no luck. My son took the picture and then let it free outside. This would have been around mid October, 2011. Signature: Ken Matchett [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[black beetle with long yellow spots Location: Colorado Mountains Eastern Slope 8500 feet July 11, 2011 3:28 pm This beetle is on a wild potentilla (cinquefoil) plant in our forest on the eastern slope of the Colorado Rockies at 8500 feet. I thought it looked similar to a cucumber beetle, but I don’t believe that’s [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Checkered Beetle (or possibly False Blister Beetle) from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/12/27/unknown-metallic-beetle-from-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[australian sparkly bug Location: Victoria, Australia December 26, 2010 8:21 pm hi, thanks for the great site. Here’s a bug from Victoria, Australia (outer northeastern suburbs of Melbourne). It’s the sparkliest bug I’ve ever seen but I have no idea what it is! Signature: Ophelia Hi Ophelia, Our initial search of the Insects of Brisbane [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this? Location: cocoa, fl November 26, 2010 12:10 am We found this the other day and it looks kinda like an ant of some sort then it flew away… Signature: huh? Dear huh?, You encountered a Checkered Beetle in the family Cleridae, and it appears to be Enoclerus ichneumoneus based on an image [...]<h3>Related Posts</h3>
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		<title>Checkered Beetle from Bulgaria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 13:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 04:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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