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Small, approximately 1 l/4- l l/2" long, round. Black, shiny with white markings that surround a black area. Within the white areas are red "stripes" . The antenna have dark areas divided by smaller light areas. It scuttled along at a fast clip and seemed to be "sniffing" the area it traveled.
Seen first on a violet leaf in the yard. It then moved to the post of the porch.
This little cutie looks like a ladybug dressed in black. I did not see it fly at any time. It moved very quickly across then under the leaf then moved to the porch post where it explored up, down and into a crack in the wood.
3 Comments
Lovely beetle? Lovely colors.
seems a bug of the family Cydnidae
I love the color.