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Small Black Bug - Acantholomidea
Copyright © 2006 Michael Garcia

Small Black Bug - Acantholomidea
Lewis & Clark Scout Ranch, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA
June 12, 2006
Size: 5.5mm
Weird looking bug found crawling in a sandy area along the Missouri river.

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Contributed by Michael Garcia on 5 February, 2007 - 10:56pm
Last updated 10 September, 2008 - 6:33am

Moved
Moved from Shield-backed Bugs.
… Boris Büche, 10 September, 2008 - 6:33am login or register to post comments

Acantholomidea cf denticulata
...i believe. could it be a state record?
… v belov, 29 June, 2008 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
V is correct -
about at least the genus - Dr. McPherson looked at this image and comments can be found at:



Hope this helps.
… Ken Schneider, 8 September, 2008 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Boris Büche, 3 April, 2007 - 6:03am login or register to post comments

A unlucky one indeed...
Yeah he was an unlucky one...I thought he looked a little too bulbous in the back to be a beetle. I was hunting them from the ground, and crawling around in that sand pit turned out to be a bad idea...I ended up with several Dasymutilla stings to the stomach. Is it possible that these are a prey for the Dasymutilla, because they were all living within the same 10ftx10ft area?
… Michael Garcia, 6 February, 2007 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

Scutelleridae
genus Phimodera?

cheers!
… Boris Büche, 6 February, 2007 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
I would have thought that to be a beetle. (Split down the back, no crossed wings.)
… Ron Hemberger, 6 February, 2007 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

 
Disguised
It was trying to elude bug collectors.
… Jim McClarin, 6 February, 2007 - 4:59am login or register to post comments

 
Effective
Would have got by me.
… Ron Hemberger, 6 February, 2007 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

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