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Beetle - Pangaeus bilineatus

Beetle - Pangaeus bilineatus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 22, 2009
Is this anything special?

Moved

Pangaeus bilineatus is my best guess
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Joe's Key
Following the burrowing bug key Joe sent, P. bilineatus is it. Thank you both.

Depends on your definition of
Depends on your definition of special. I think they're really cool. It is a Cydnidae, one of the burrowing bugs.

 
That's Special
I figured it had to be something different.

 
[url=http://entnemdept.ufl.ed
Hereis a link that might allow you to work out the species.

Actually...
... this looks like a true bug. You can tell because the wings make an "x" on the back, instead of a strait line down the middle like a beetle would have.