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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Rove, Carrion and Fungus Beetles (Staphylinoidea) » Carrion Beetles (Silphidae)
Photo#110397
Beetle larva
Copyright © 2007 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Beetle larva
Limestone Glade, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
May 16, 2007
Size: aprox.15mm
found near the body of a dead dog.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 16 May, 2007 - 5:18pm
Last updated 26 May, 2007 - 5:02pm

Silphidae
Charles, I believe this is a Silphid larva.
… Stephen Cresswell, 16 May, 2007 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Silphidae
Stephen, You are right, thanks.
I wonder how long before they turn into adults?
It's a long way from my house.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 16 May, 2007 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanatophilus ?
It is a larva of Thanathophilus sp. or Necrodes surinamensis, I can't be sure. For the time before they become adult it is very variable. It will depend of the temperature. Since it look like the last larval stage, will be something between 3 to 12 days.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 17 May, 2007 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanatophilus ?
Thanks Pierre-Marc;
I will try to get back in 10 days and see if there are adults.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 17 May, 2007 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, I'm not to much familia
Well, I'm not to much familiar with the behaviour of the Thanatophilus spp., but in general, the Silphidae larvae leave the carrion for pupate and go sometime quit far away (except the Nicrophorus spp.). So, if you find some adult on the carrion when you'll go back, it will probably not be this larva. But anyway, if you go back and that you're lucky, you'll possibly find some adult Trogidae on the carrion.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 17 May, 2007 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Carrion beetle
Thanks for the info.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 17 May, 2007 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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