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maybe Pheropsophus sp.
I found this fellow in a bag of composting cow manure in my garden in Tamil Nadu, India.
Spotted on Jan 26, 2012
Submitted on Jan 26, 2012
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Genial !!!
thanks Gopal, yes it does look like the one shown in Wikipedia, but that one is from Australia. Maybe this is an Indian cousin!
It looks like a Bombardier Beetle (Pheropsophus sp)..
A tiger beetle? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_beetl...
Anyone know what this beetle might be?