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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Beetles</title>
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		<title>A Pair of Oil Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/20/a-pair-of-oil-beetles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blister Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ground beetle?
November 20, 2009
I found these 2 handsome beetles while digging in the garden in NE massachusetts in early november; I think they were a couple of inches down. I thought they were dead, and placed them in a container for later ID, and when I came back to them a few hours later, they [...]


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		<title>Earth Boring Dung Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/earth-boring-dung-beetle-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange and Black Mystery Beetle in TX
November 18, 2009
Found this colorful beetle tonight; size a little smaller than a dime, mostly orange with black head and markings. He was moving fast so sorry not a better photo.
11/18/09
Evelyn W.
Joshua (South Fort Worth),TX
Hi Evelyn,
Despite the rather poor quality of your photo, it is easy to identify your [...]


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		<title>Another Rain Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/another-rain-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rain Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a Rain Beetle?
November 18, 2009
Just found in the pool flailing around on top of the water &#8212; it looks like the other Rain Beetle pictures on your site and thought I&#8217;d ask if that&#8217;s what this is to confirm. One picture is on top of the net I got it out of the [...]


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		<title>Rain Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/19/rain-beetles-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rain Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[rain beetle photos
November 18, 2009
I came to your site to find out what these are. and now i know, thanks! Here&#8217;s the photos i was going to use, enjoy!
dr
northern ca. foothills
Hi dr,
Thanks so much for the Rain Beetle photos.  We also believe the LA Time article we read this past May is once again live [...]


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		<title>Decapitated Eastern Hercules Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/decapitated-eastern-hercules-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/decapitated-eastern-hercules-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bug carcass
November 15, 2009
This bug carcass was found yesterday as is, head and thorax missing. It was in the mulch of a large planter containing a small tree. I have never seen a bug as big as this in my area, living or dead before. I wish I could have seen a live one. Date [...]


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		<title>Eastern Hercules Beetle Pupa, we believe</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/eastern-hercules-beetle-pupa-we-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Scarab Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Large Beetle
November 14, 2009
This beetle was found by my wife&#8217;s student in a cluster with 20 or so others inside an oak tree that fell during Hurricane Ike. It&#8217;s very large, roughly the length of an adult thumb, but with much more girth.
It was so interesting that the police and rescue workers who were working [...]


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		<title>Harlequin Beetle from Trinidad</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/15/harlequin-beetle-from-trinidad-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tribal-Designed Cockroach/Beetle
November 15, 2009
We found this creature on the shower curtain in the bathroom. Screaming rang through the house. This thing however remained very still, even when he was placed in a bottle.
It&#8217;s black with orange and green-brown tribal-like design throughout it&#8217;s body. At the top of it&#8217;s hard-like wings, it&#8217;s very bumpy &#8211; either [...]


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		<title>White Spotted Sawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/13/white-spotted-sawyer-5/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/13/white-spotted-sawyer-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Longhorn Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[would like to learn more
November 13, 2009
We have found these things while camping in the rocky mountains (Wyoming) quite often. Some of them are almost three inches long with antenae. They can &#8220;sorta&#8221; fly but its pretty slow and clumsy. The white mottling seems a little bit unique to each individual.
They are nonviolent, but I [...]


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		<title>Rain Beetles</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/rain-beetles-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rain Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks and acts like a &#8220;Junebug&#8221;, but comes in the Fall around here
November 12, 2009
Two people have told me these bugs, which are large, clumsy and hit the window at night, are &#8220;pine beetles&#8221; or &#8220;pine borers&#8221;, which I have a hard time believing. We do live amongst a lot of oaks, cedars, yews, spruce, [...]


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		<title>Possibly Schaupp&#8217;s Tiger Beetle</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/possibly-schaupps-tiger-beetle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/12/possibly-schaupps-tiger-beetle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tiger Beetles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[jumping sand bug
November 12, 2009
I found this bug while walking on the beach in galveston, texas. They were jumping everywhere like fleas! They are over a centimeter long. Their undersides are metallic green, from the top they are brown with a whitish pattern
Michelle D.
Gelveston, TX, USA
Hi Michelle,
This is a beneficial predatory Tiger Beetle.  We believe, [...]


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