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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga) » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Larvae
Photo#17097
Black crawling insect to ID
Copyright © 2005 Kildale

Black crawling insect to ID
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
May 11, 2005
Size: 1 inch
A fast moving insect that was hard to photograph, only managed one image. ID would be helpful if anyone has some idea what it is. Thanks
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Contributed by Kildale on 12 May, 2005 - 8:57pm
Last updated 1 August, 2008 - 3:27pm

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2008 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Stinger?
I saw one of these yesterday in Redmond, WA. I reached down to pick it up and it arched its tail at me revealing a light colored object protruding ftom its abdomen in a defensive posture as if the object were a stinger; looked quite blunt however. I got on this site to discover what the thing was and it was the first photo I saw here.
… purken52, 20 September, 2007 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
It was a drop of defensive chemicals
that you saw. Not good to get in your mouth or eye. Oh, and it wasn't this ground beetle larva that you saw. These never exhibit that behavior. One of these is what you saw.
… Jim McClarin, 20 September, 2007 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Carabid larva
I think this is a larval ground beetle. They somewhat resemble rove beetles but are more uniform in width, with no elytra or wings.
… Jim McClarin, 12 May, 2005 - 9:00pm login or register to post comments

Looks like...
some sort of beetle larva...
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 12 May, 2005 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Larva
Could it be a crane fly larva.
… Kildale, 12 May, 2005 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
not cranefly
The jaws, legs (I know you can't see them in photo, but it was racing around on *something*) and distinct segmentation are characteristics not found in any sort of fly larva. I've posted a young Carabus nemoralis larva photo for comparison. Look under "Recent" or else "Carabus nemoralis."
… Jim McClarin, 12 May, 2005 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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