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While Harvesting

12 years ago

While harvesting casting yesterday, I noticed a small black bug in the bin but I lost sight of it. I continued shifting thru the bin taking out the casting, bedding and worms. Finally I found the lil bugger. Took him out and took some pictures of it (sorry for the lousy shots). He moves fast. I put in on the floor and he met the bottom of foot. i don't know how he got in there. My bin is sealed pretty good and it's inside the house.

What bug is that?

Did I just save my worm bin for a predator?

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barbararose21101
12 years ago
try bug ID: The picture isn't definitive enough to count legs, identify those pincers (which look definitve to me ) . . . If the picture were edited down to just the insect, you could use google image search. As shown there is too much blue and shine to match with an online bug.
sdelafuente
Original Author
12 years ago
Here's another shot of it.
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equinoxequinox
12 years ago
Googled: black pincher bug
Click on: Images

Common Black Ground Beetle

Eats Earthworms

http://bugguide.net/node/view/294577/bgimage

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/common_black_ground_beetle.htm

I know nothing about bugs past this possibly totally incorrect Google image search. So I do not know if it is correct.
sdelafuente
Original Author
12 years ago
Wow! Thanks!
hummersteve
12 years ago
Yes I used to see those a lot in my younger years but not lately. I just called them pincher bugs
Jasdip
12 years ago
Earwigs, I think. Brrrrr, ugly things.
groomie2
12 years ago
Nope, not an earwig! :) Earwigs have pincher looking things on the other end of their body
barbararose21101
12 years ago
I think the pincer/pincher on your bug is different from a common ground beetle.
Mooshy
12 years ago
ground beetle or basement bug is my guess

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