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White-margined Burrowing Bug
Sehirus cinctus
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
Two-lined Burrowing BugPangaeus bilineatus
Twice-stabbed Stink BugCosmopepla lintneriana
Harlequin BugMurgantia histrionica
Brown Marmorated Stink BugHalyomorpha halys
Willow Leaf BeetlePlagiodera versicolora
Florida Predatory Stink BugEuthyrhynchus floridanus
Blue Shield BugZicrona caerulea
Bordered ShieldbugLegnotus limbosus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 8,445 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 2,101 |
| Texas | 1,640 |
| Ontario | 874 |
| Virginia | 672 |
| New York | 626 |
| Maryland | 583 |
| Quebec | 414 |
| Missouri | 408 |
| Illinois | 387 |
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 | Sehirus |
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 White-margined Burrowing Bug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.