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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Dascilloidea » Cicada Parasite Beetles (Rhipiceridae) » Sandalus » Cedar Beetle (Sandalus niger)
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Strange Beetle - Sandalus niger - male
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Strange Beetle - Sandalus niger - Male
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
August 20, 2005
Size: around 15 mm
Strange thing is that it was walking around opening its wings, but doesn't seem to have a body?
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 August, 2005 - 9:29am
Last updated 7 October, 2013 - 6:54pm

Moved
Moved from Sandalus.
… v belov, 26 June, 2009 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

Cedar beetle.
This is a cedar beetle in the genus Sandalus, family Rhipiceridae. Probably a male judging by the antennae. They are parasites of cicada nymphs in the larval stage.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 August, 2005 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Half eaten?
Did you examine the beetle to see whether the missing abdomen might have been a congenital defect or due to a bird with an appetite for abdomens?
… Jim McClarin, 21 August, 2005 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

 
No
It wasn't leaking or oozing anything....that's all I can say. My impression was that it had become a victim of something....but I guess a defect is possible. I was amazed to see it walking around without an abdomen.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 August, 2005 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

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