I had to clean up some road kill (squirrel) on the curb outside my house tonight, and when I picked up the rotting squirrel, there were all these weird beetles (there must been hundreds of them) running all over under the body. there were about 1/2 - 1 inch long, elongated body, black with a white stripe in the middle (side to side not front to back), with a kind of "bumpy" surface to them -- almost like spines. I pretty much know what kind of bugs live around here (I do a lot of yard work) but I have never in my life seen these before!! Any ideas? (they moved too fast and I didn't have a container to put them into -- I'll have to try again sometime and bring a jar next time -- problem is I've got to wait for more road kill.) Ugh, the things we do for scientific knowledge ! :_))
2006-08-02
20:27:04
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