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Two-lined Burrowing Bug
Pangaeus bilineatus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Macroscytus brunneus
White-margined Burrowing BugSehirus cinctus
Black burrowing bugCydnus aterrimus
Microporus nigrita
Cyrtomenus ciliatus
Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus
Bordered ShieldbugLegnotus limbosus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Texas | 2,947 |
|---|---|
| United States | 2,018 |
| New York | 111 |
| Canada | 78 |
| Ontario | 78 |
| Virginia | 75 |
| Maryland | 69 |
| Illinois | 63 |
| New Jersey | 61 |
| Massachusetts | 52 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera |
| Family | Burrowing Bugs · Cydnidae |
| Genus | Pangaeus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Two-lined Burrowing Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.