Subject: Black and White Beetle
Location: Austin, TX
April 15, 2017 8:31 am
Hi – I found this guy on my porch and thought he was beautiful. Can you tell me what he is? We live in Austin Texas in a relatively rural area of the hill country. Found him in March. He is a little over an inch long.
Thank you,
Signature: Curious in Austin
Dear Curious in Austin,
This Ironclad Beetle, Zopherus nodulosus, is one of two large black and white beetles found in Texas. The other is the unrelated Cottonwood Borer.
I took a pic of one in spicewood,texas