CLOSED: Interesting Beetle...but what is it.

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DMMSMM Hummelstown, PA Jul 30, 2008

Seen in Quentin, Lebanon County Pennsylvania.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 30, 2008

Not a beetle, but an assassin bug (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Reduviidae); specifically, it is a wheel bug, Arilus cristatus. These bugs are general predators on other arthropods, and large specimens can give a very painful 'bite' if mishandled. See http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/wheel_bug.htm for much more information.

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