Anybody recognize this Bug?

korney19 · June 30, 2020

This got on my bright white T-shirt, I moved it to a bucket...
In the last 14 days I kept relocating a Lady Bug/Beetle "alligator" from same bright white shirt to a nearby plant... is this a later stage of the same beetle?

EDIT: By the way, NO, I did not wear said shirt for 14 days! I bought a pack of them... shirts, not bugs!

Hensaplenty · June 30, 2020

Possibly a soldier beetle. If so, leave it be as it's a good guy!

slugworth · June 30, 2020

We call it a sloth bug,walks in slow motion but flies 100mph
Never saw them here before,so probably an import.

PaulF · June 30, 2020

It does look like a soldier beetle, a good guy. Eats the eggs of pests.

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PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	It does look like a soldier beetle, a good guy. Eats the eggs of pests. __________________ there's two things money can't buy; true love and home grown tomatoes.

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Hensaplenty Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2016 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 122	Possibly a soldier beetle. If so, leave it be as it's a good guy!

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slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	We call it a sloth bug,walks in slow motion but flies 100mph Never saw them here before,so probably an import.