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Bombardier Beetle?

maybe Pheropsophus sp.

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Habitat:

I found this fellow in a bag of composting cow manure in my garden in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Comments (5)

thanks Gopal, yes it does look like the one shown in Wikipedia, but that one is from Australia. Maybe this is an Indian cousin!
It looks like a Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus sp)..
A tiger beetle? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_beetle
Anyone know what this beetle might be?
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2012

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