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Bugs mating - Corimelaena lateralis - male - female
Copyright © 2008 Peter Cristofono

Bugs mating - Corimelaena lateralis - Male Female
Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 1, 2008

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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 1 August, 2008 - 10:42pm
Last updated 14 May, 2009 - 9:24am

Moved
Moved from Corimelaena.
… v belov, 14 May, 2009 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Negro Bugs.
… Ron M., 24 September, 2008 - 4:28am login or register to post comments

Corimelaena
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… v belov, 24 September, 2008 - 12:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Peter Cristofono, 20 August, 2008 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert but...
Please see Negro Bug (Thyreocoridae)



-and-

http://bugguide.net/node/view/6985/bgimage

**OR**

might be White-margined Burrower Bug (Sehirus cinctus)

… Ron M., 1 August, 2008 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
In any case looks like they are bugs, not beetles
… Peter Cristofono, 1 August, 2008 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Negro bugs
Note thin blue and red stripes.
… Ron Hemberger, 2 August, 2008 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

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