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This small Checkered Beetle was voraciously feeding on Treehopper nymphs just as they were emerging from their eggs. Babies were hatching even as I watched! Since this beetle was only 4 mm in length, it only ate two before leaving the egg mass. Most species of Clerids are predaceous as both larvae and adults. Family Cleridae.
On a wall under a light, semi-rural residential area, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,200 meters.
The baby Treehoppers belong to the species spotted previously: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/163....
Spotted on Jun 9, 2018
Submitted on Aug 3, 2018
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