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Checkered Beetles

Cleridae · 19 species

In Québec, the family Cleridae (order Coleoptera) counts 19 species of insects. The stars? Black-footed checkered beetle, Red-blue Checkered Beetle and Black and Red Checkered Beetle, the most often observed. The richest region: Estrie, with 11 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Estrie11
  2. Capitale-Nationale10
  3. Outaouais10
  4. Mauricie6
  5. Montérégie6
  6. Lanaudière4
  7. Laurentides3
  8. Montréal2
  9. Laval2
  10. Côte-Nord1
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches1

Checkered Beetles 19

Coleoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Cleridae
All1,199Curculionidae143Chrysomelidae142Cerambycidae139Carabidae118Staphylinidae78Elateridae47Scarabaeidae46Coccinellidae42Buprestidae34Tenebrionidae33Dytiscidae30Nitidulidae27Cantharidae20Dermestidae20Cleridae19Mordellidae15Cicindelidae14Erotylidae13Hydrophilidae12Ptinidae12Meloidae11Lycidae10Histeridae9Lampyridae9Brentidae8Mycetophagidae8Pyrochroidae8Scirtidae8Endomychidae7Silvanidae7Anthribidae6Geotrupidae6Tetratomidae6Attelabidae5Bostrichidae5Melandryidae5Melyridae5Zopheridae5Anthicidae4Lucanidae4Oedemeridae4Aderidae3Byrrhidae3Cryptophagidae3Laemophloeidae3Scraptiidae3Eucnemidae2Haliplidae2Kateretidae2Latridiidae2Psephenidae2Trogidae2Byturidae1Cerylonidae1Ciidae1Corylophidae1Cucujidae1Cupedidae1Dryopidae1Eucinetidae1Gyrinidae1Helophoridae1Heteroceridae1Leiodidae1Lophocateridae1Lymexylidae1Monotomidae1Mycetaeidae1Orsodacnidae1Passandridae1Peltidae1Phalacridae1Ptilodactylidae1Salpingidae1Stenotrachelidae1Synchroidae1Thanerocleridae1Throscidae1Thymalidae1Trogossitidae1
Black-footed checkered beetle26 observations
Red-blue Checkered Beetle24 observations
Black and Red Checkered Beetle15 observations
Wavering Checkered Beetle12 observations
Violet Checkered Beetle8 observations
Bicolored Checkered Beetle8 observations
Cloak-winged checkered beetle5 observations
Displaced checkered beetle5 observations
Neohydnocera longicollis5 observations
Pilose Checkered Beetle3 observations
Thoracic Checkered Beetle2 observations
Muttkowski's checkered beetle2 observations
Black-fronted checkered beetle2 observations
Vertical-lined Phyllobaenus2 observations
Red-shouldered Clerid2 observations
Red-legged Ham Beetle1 observations
Ant BeetleThanasimus formicarius
Redshouldered ham beetleNecrobia ruficollis
One-banded checkered beetlePhyllobaenus unifasciatus