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Bug - Microporus nigrita
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Bug - Microporus nigrita
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 21, 2008
Size: 5mm
Cydnidae? It looks similar to this picture by Tom Murray:


I have many more pictures if more detail of part of the body would help. Of particular note, on each side of the head, near the back, are red structures that remind me of nothing more than driving lights.

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Bug - Microporus nigrita Bug head detail - Microporus nigrita
Contributed by John F. Carr on 21 May, 2008 - 6:53pm
Last updated 5 April, 2012 - 9:54pm

Moved
Moved from Melanaethus robustus.
… Brad Barnd, 5 April, 2012 - 9:54pm

Moved
Moved from Microporus obliquus.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 November, 2008 - 6:14pm

Moved
Moved from Burrowing Bugs.
… John R. Maxwell, 8 November, 2008 - 2:22pm

Melanaethus robustus
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… v belov, 8 November, 2008 - 1:50pm

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