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Hemiptera Burrowing Bug - Sehirus cinctus

Hemiptera Burrowing Bug - Sehirus cinctus
Kennebunk, Maine, USA
July 10, 2004
ID by BugEric: Sehirus cinctus, fam Cydnidae...a diurnal burrowing bug

Burrowing bug
Believe it or not, this is a burrowing bug, Sehirus cinctus, family Cydnidae. One of the more unusual in that it is diurnal and usually seen above ground.

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