Pilose Checkered Beetle

Chariessa pilosa · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cleridae

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Pilose Checkered Beetle
Photo: Russell Pfau, CC BY

The pilose checkered beetle lives in Europe, northern Asia (but not China), and North America. It preys on other wood-boring beetles.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

A predator of wood-boring beetles.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Found in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 38 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois.

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

Pilose Checkered Beetle photo 3
Photo: saltyhiker, CC BY
Pilose Checkered Beetle photo 4
Photo: Robert Webster, CC BY-SA
Pilose Checkered Beetle photo 5
Photo: Teá Montagna, CC BY
Pilose Checkered Beetle photo 6
Photo: Kelsey Low, 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 formicarius

Sources

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

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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