Nymph of a white-margined burrower bug

6567.    Hello, I found this bug crawling at night, next to my dogs crate, where he sleeps. We has just come back from a walk, so I don’t know if the bug came from the park we went to or was already in the crate. The bug has 6 legs and 2 antenna, you can’t see the legs that great in the picture. The front 2 legs not seen in picture face the front of his head, where the back 4 legs face the back of his body. The bug is quite small, measuring about a quarter of an inch in length. Thank you! Boston, Massachusetts. United States

 

Number 6567. This looks like a nymph of a white-margined burrower bug, Sehirus cinctus (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Cydnidae); Click here for an image. The adults and nymphs feed primarily on the seeds of nettles and plants in the mint family.