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title: "Ornate Checkered Beetle"
description: "Trichodes ornatus — Insectes et araignées. Trichodes ornatus, commonly known as ornate checkered beetle, is a beetle species of checkered beetles belonging to the family Cleridae, subfamily Clerinae which can be found only in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/ornate-checkered-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ornate Checkered Beetle

> Trichodes ornatus — Insectes et araignées. Trichodes ornatus, commonly known as ornate checkered beetle, is a beetle species of checkered beetles belonging to the family Cleridae, subfamily Clerinae which can be found only in North America.

- Scientific name: *Trichodes ornatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12354
- Wikidata: [Q20720559](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20720559)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61157](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61157)

## Names

- en: Ornate Checkered Beetle

## Countries with the most observations

US (10690), CA (1526), MX (43)

## Summary

Trichodes ornatus, commonly known as ornate checkered beetle, is a beetle species of checkered beetles belonging to the family Cleridae, subfamily Clerinae which can be found only in North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichodes_ornatus

## Photo

![Ornate Checkered Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-checkered-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: John W. Hancock · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66149523

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ornate-checkered-beetle?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).