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Burrowing Bug - Sehirus cinctus
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.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 June, 2005 - 1:16pm

 
black bug
Thanks Eric.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 2 June, 2005 - 1:32pm

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