Orange-banded Checkered Beetle (Enoclerus ichneumoneus)
This beetle looks a lot like a velvet-ant, a type of flightless wasp with a painful sting. This mimicry may help deter predators.
Orange Co., NC 4/12/08
This beetle looks a lot like a velvet-ant, a type of flightless wasp with a painful sting. This mimicry may help deter predators.
Orange Co., NC 4/12/08