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small dark beetle (un-identified) - Stiretrus anchorago
Copyright © 2005 Russ Jones

small dark beetle (un-identified) - Stiretrus anchorago
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
July 1, 2005
Size: approx 5mm
This small beetle was rather restless, making photographing it quite a challenge.
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Contributed by Russ Jones on 9 August, 2005 - 8:27pm
Last updated 23 February, 2006 - 5:57pm

looks more like
the antenna of a bug not a beetle. See . But we don't know which bug. Someone here will probably be able to tell you at least the family.
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2005 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Negro Bug?
Maybe a nymph in the family Thyreocoridae
… Ethan Friedman, 9 August, 2005 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks guys, deffinately a bu
thanks guys, deffinately a bug nymph. The closest I could find was a stink bug nymph.
… Russ Jones, 11 August, 2005 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

 
Stiretrus anchorago.
I now believe this is a nymph of Stiretrus anchorago, based on comparison with figures at the "Featured Creatures" website for this species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 February, 2006 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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