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Burrowing Bugs (Cydnidae) in sandy driveway - Microporus nigrita
Copyright © 2007 imarsman

Burrowing Bugs (Cydnidae) in sandy driveway - Microporus nigrita
St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario, Canada
May 2, 2007
Size: 5mm
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Contributed by imarsman on 3 May, 2007 - 11:15am
Last updated 5 April, 2012 - 10:20pm

Moved
Moved from Cydninae.
… Brad Barnd, 5 April, 2012 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Burrowing Bugs.
… v belov, 24 November, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

i still suspect Pangaeus bilineatus
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… v belov, 10 November, 2008 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
I agree with Boris that this can't be ID'd to genus with certainty.
… Brad Barnd, 1 July, 2007 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Pangaeus incorrect
I have just checked the bug family, and there were some identified as Pangaeus, that actually are something different. Probably you oriented yourself on them?

Burrowing bug is correct, however.
… Boris Büche, 3 May, 2007 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

not a beetle
look here.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 3 May, 2007 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

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