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Black with two orange spots on the sides. The back is shiny and it has pincers.
I found it inside my house, and my dad scooped it up with a plastic bag. After taking some pictures, we let it go. My dad said it might be a firefly.
Spotted on Jun 8, 2013
Submitted on Jun 12, 2013
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Certainly you have a beetle.
The widely spaced eyes differ from a firefly which can only be seen from below. http://www.learner.org/jnorth/images/gra... I suspect you have a checkered beetle of some sort (Cleridae) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gbohne/5433...