title: Temnoscheila chlorodia
text: # Temnoscheila chlorodia
  
  Temnoscheila chlorodia, also called the green bark-gnawing beetle or green bark beetle, is a species of bark-gnawing beetle. It is found in North America west of the Great Plains.
  
  ## Description
  
  Adults are dark metallic green or blue and 9–20 mm in length. Larvae are pink or white with a dark head and thoracic shield and an anal plate with two spurs.
  
  ## Behavior
  
  Adults and larvae alike are predators that forage under the bark of dead trees. They can also be found in the nests of other wood-boring insects and in wood-decay fungus. Adults are most abundant during late spring, with a second peak in late summer.
  
  