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Burrowing Bug

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Field Notes

Description:

c 8mm long
Family Cydnidae, possibly Macroscytus brunneus

Habitat:

Balcony, attracted from surrounding countryside by night light.

Species ID Suggestions

Burrowing bug

Family Cydnidae
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Comments (3)
Maniacval
Hi guys I think it's Macroscytus brunneus but...I doubt. Sorry Greets
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thanks for the info. Mine certainly looks very similar to yours. BTW, in the English language the word Bug has always been used for any insect, long before it was developed by scientists for a specific order of sucking insects. For differentiation the correct scientific terminology is True Bug.
Sckel
Hi, this is not a beetle, it's a bug. family Cydnidae . I have one, see: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/26629043 Maybe Pangaeus

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Biodiversidad en España/Spain
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Mission WILD
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2013

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