A red, black, and white banded beetle feeds upon a smaller dark brown beetle.

Figure 6. Thanasimus dubius, a checkered beetle, predates upon the southern pine beetle. Clerid beetles are important predators of the southern pine beetle and their populations play a big role in southern pine beetle outbreaks.

A red, black, and white banded beetle feeds upon a smaller dark brown beetle.

USDA Forest Service , USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.