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Tyler092304 Buffalo, NY Jun 17, 2017

Found in house. What type is it?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 18, 2017

It's a ground beetle (family Carabidae) in the genus Scarites; likely Scarites subterraneus, known as the big-headed ground beetle - http://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82724-Scarites-subterraneus
These are general predators on other small arthropods.

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