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Pangaeus bilineatus
Photo#292630
Copyright © 2009
Robert Lord Zimlich
Beetle -
Pangaeus bilineatus
Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
June 22, 2009
Is this anything special?
Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 23 June, 2009 - 9:06am
Last updated 15 July, 2009 - 9:50am
Moved
Moved from
Subgenus Pseudopangaeus
.
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v belov
, 24 June, 2009 - 2:48am
Pangaeus bilineatus is my best guess
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v belov
, 23 June, 2009 - 9:18am
Joe's Key
Following the burrowing bug key Joe sent,
P. bilineatus
is it. Thank you both.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 23 June, 2009 - 10:42am
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.
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Joe Zito
, 23 June, 2009 - 9:18am
That's Special
I figured it had to be something different.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 23 June, 2009 - 9:27am
[url=http://entnemdept.ufl.ed
Here
is a link that might allow you to work out the species.
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Joe Zito
, 23 June, 2009 - 9:22am
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.
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Toni Dudley
, 23 June, 2009 - 9:12am