Can someone tell me what type of bug this is?

Question

it is a black with two small antannas, it has a red underbelly, and has a red kind of x shape on its back with a white dot under the x and is flat. they are common in my community and was just wondering what it was i know it is not piosionuos my little sister has picked it up many times without getting bitten. it is about a centimeter and a half long

Answer 1

Check this site.  It likely belongs to the true bug order Hemiptera.

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/true_bugs_4....

Answer 2

sounds like a boxelder beetle..

my dad's an arborist so i've seen about 80 dead replicas of these little besterds

Answer 3

really need a picture......sounds like a shield bug.

Answer 4

sounds like a girraffe necked weevil (just kidding!!!) You should look up a girraffe necked weevil though. They are UGLY. ( I know i spelled girraffe wrong.)

Answer 5

You can ID it here -

http://www.einsteins-emporium.com/life/a...

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/

http://www.insectimages.org/