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KCalnan wrote:
in response to Black and white beetle west texas - "micigraham wrote:
I found this beetle...dead...and have looked and looked but cannot find out what it is. Any ideas?" (http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=7864233)

I saw one alive in Bastrop County, Texas April 14, 2012 (photo attached). It is Texas ironclad beetle (Zopherus nodulosus haldemani). Info on http://www.texasento.net/Ironclad.html