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White-margined Burrower Bug (Sehirus cinctus)
Photo#18973
Copyright © 2005
Charles Schurch Lewallen
Burrowing Bug -
Sehirus cinctus
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 1, 2005
Size: aprox.6mm
Sehirus cinctus
Insects in Kansas describes it as a shining black bug with a white border around the thorax and abdomen.
Contributed by
Charles Schurch Lewallen
on 2 June, 2005 - 12:26pm
Last updated 2 June, 2005 - 5:22pm
Burrower bug.
The one genus of burrower bugs (Cydnidae family) that looks nothing LIKE a fossorial (digging) bug! This is a species of Sehirus.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 2 June, 2005 - 1:16pm
black bug
Thanks Eric.
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Charles Schurch Lewallen
, 2 June, 2005 - 1:32pm