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Sow bug ??
Copyright © 2008 Beth Sands

Sow bug ??
Danville / Bollinger canyon, California, USA
May 11, 2008
This fellow kind of looks like a Sow bug ( some call pill bug ) , but it is different . Can anyone tell me what this is , I don't think it is a Rove beetle either . Thanks , sincerely Bugsys posy

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Sow bug ?? Sow bug ??
Contributed by Beth Sands on 11 May, 2008 - 7:22pm
Last updated 10 June, 2008 - 5:15am

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 5:15am

confirmed
carrion beetle larva.
… Boris Büche, 12 May, 2008 - 2:18pm

Not an ID
but it reminds me of a carrion beetle larvae, see something similar
… John R. Maxwell, 11 May, 2008 - 7:35pm

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