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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Beetles</title>
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		<title>Unknown Australian Darkling Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/21/unknown-beetle-possibly-click-beetle-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/21/unknown-beetle-possibly-click-beetle-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Darkling and Ironclad Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unidentified]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTB Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March 20, 2010
HI Please can you tell me what type of beetle this is please, iv have only just started getting interested in
bug and insects I&#8217;m a cub scout leader so i would like to show the cubs all the pics i take and tel them
about the fly or bug thank you. The beetle was [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/12/25/pie-dish-beetle-is-no-longer-unknown-australian-darkling-beetle/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Pie Dish Beetle is no longer Unknown Australian Darkling Beetle'>Pie Dish Beetle is no longer Unknown Australian Darkling Beetle</a> <small>can&#8217;t rest until I know It&#8217;s Christmas Day &#8216;06&#8230; Merry...</small></li>
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		<title>Kiawe Round Headed Borer from Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/18/kiawe-round-headed-borer-from-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/18/kiawe-round-headed-borer-from-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Exotics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[spotted flying insect with red legs
March 18, 2010
On a visit to Hanauma Bay on Oahu last summer, I took a picture of a bug I havent seen before. This was my first and last time seeing this creature. I think the bug was about 2-3cm long.
curious
hawaii
Dear curious,
Two months ago we received a letter with a [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/07/13/round-headed-apple-tree-borer-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Round Headed Apple Tree Borer'>Round Headed Apple Tree Borer</a> <small>White bodied brown stripes with wings? My wife and I...</small></li>
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		<title>Feather Horned Longicorn from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/17/feather-horned-longicorn-from-australia-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/17/feather-horned-longicorn-from-australia-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTB Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Loved this Longicorn
March 17, 2010
Hey there, I can&#8217;t find a picture of this longicorn anywhere to ID it. I fell in love with him.
Colour is drab, but cute factor is enormous (see pic 2)
Body 17mm, antennae 25mm. (one appears to be broken short)
Lived in my flat for a week. After looking up a similar bug [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2008/11/26/acacia-longicorn-from-australia/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Acacia Longicorn from Australia'>Acacia Longicorn from Australia</a> <small>Black &amp; white spotted poka dot cockroach Tue, Nov 25,...</small></li>
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		<title>False Bombadier Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/17/false-bombadier-beetle-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/17/false-bombadier-beetle-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ground Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[please identify this bug
March 15, 2010
I found this in my jacket! I don&#8217;t want to kill it if it is harmless or useful.
Celeste
Charlotte, North Carolina
Hi Celeste,
This is a False Bombadier Beetle in the genus Galerita.  According to BugGuide, the False Bombadier Beetles can be distinguished from the true Bombadier Beetles by the &#8220;Large size, blue/black [...]


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		<title>Elephant Beetle from Costa Rica:  Megasoma elephas</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/16/elephant-beetle-from-costa-rica-megasoma-elephas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/16/elephant-beetle-from-costa-rica-megasoma-elephas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big Costa Rican Beetle
March 15, 2010
A friend of mine is in Costa Rica and found this on his tool box yesterday (March 14, 2010. You can see that it is quite large! I am so curious&#8211;what is it, what does it eat, do they bite humans? How long do they live
Kat D.
Costa Rica
Hi Kat,
This magnificent [...]


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		<title>Multicolored Asian Ladybird Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/15/multicolored-asian-ladybird-beetles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/15/multicolored-asian-ladybird-beetles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lady Bug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Exotics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Midwest beetle??
March 14, 2010
Can you identify this? I live near Chicago. I&#8217;m noticing these in the winter season, near one of our windows, but inside. There must be 50 of them lying on the window paine or carpet. They seem to dead, some w/ their &#8220;wings&#8221; sprouted and others as you see in the pic. [...]


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		<title>Mango Flower Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/13/mango-flower-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/13/mango-flower-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WTB Down Under?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plant-eating beetle found on citrus
March 13, 2010
Hello,
I found this bug and 20 of his friends on some new stems from a citrus tree I have in my backyard.
It appears to be eating the new shoots and flowers.
All have the same speckled carapace, and measure about 1.5cm long.
They looks almost like an African Black Beetle in [...]


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		<title>Longhorned Borer From Costa Rica</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/13/longhorned-borer-from-costa-rica/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/13/longhorned-borer-from-costa-rica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beetle ID
March 12, 2010
Hi
Trying to get an ID on this beetle from Costa Rica.
I&#8217;m not very familiar with my bugs and wouldn&#8217;t know where to start looking.
So here I am.
Alex
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Hi Alex,
WE are not certain which of the Longhorned Borer Beetles in the subfamily Prioninae you have submitted.  It may be Callipogon barbatus, [...]


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		<title>Western Banded Glowworm</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/12/western-banded-glowworm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/12/western-banded-glowworm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fireflies and Glowworms]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Very strange bug
March 11, 2010
This bug has an exo-type skeleton, is centipede like, but only has legs towards the front of its body &#8211; looks like six. It rolls up when scared. It&#8217;s black with beigeish- yellow in between segments. It&#8217;s segmented like a critter from the sea.
Gualala Ridge Farms
Gualala, Northern California Coast
Dear Gualala Ridge [...]


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		<title>Darkling Beetle from Afghanistan:  Adesmia karelini</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/11/unknown-darkling-beetle-from-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/03/11/unknown-darkling-beetle-from-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Darkling and Ironclad Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan, fast moving blue/gray beetle with large hind legs
March 10, 2010
Greetings!
First, I just want to say I&#8217;ve been a huge fan of your site for neigh on 4 years now. I suppose my wife and I are odd for laying in bed at 03:00 in the morning, drinking wine and reading the backlog of &#8220;What&#8217;s [...]


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