Who is this armor plated bug?

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NatureWalker New York & Terrell, TX(Zone 8b) Sep 18, 2005

He/She is sitting in on top of the lime stones that I use for gardening.

~* Robin

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) Sep 18, 2005

NatureWalker - that is a burying beetle (family Silphidae). I'm pretty sure that yours is an American carrion beetle (genus Silpha). These beetles generally find dead critters and bury them and/or get underneath them. Unless there was a dead toad or something nearby, this beetle was likely just passing through.

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