Subject: My bug post
Geographic location of the bug: Mt. Washington
Date: 01/07/2020
Time: 08:40 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: I have identified my bug and it is the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle. I also found your answer about it to another person. Good info thanks.
How you want your letter signed: Jessica
Dear Jessica,
You are absolutely correct with your identification of this Diabolical Ironclad Beetle, Phloeodes diabolicus, a species that derives its common name because of its nearly impenetrable exoskeleton. It seems you and Daniel are neighbors in Mount Washington, and it is nice to know that our local hippy chicks haven’t been totally supplanted by newer residents.