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Tropisternus
Photo#183295
Copyright © 2008
Sam Houston
Helgramite ? -
Tropisternus
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 17, 2008
Size: 13mm (1/2")
Please help with ID.
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Contributed by
Sam Houston
on 17 May, 2008 - 8:10pm
Last updated 20 February, 2009 - 1:24am
Moved
Moved from
Water Scavenger Beetles
.
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Tim Loh
, 20 February, 2009 - 1:24am
Tropisternus I believe
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Tim Loh
, 20 February, 2009 - 1:23am
Probably
larva of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera).
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Matt Bertone
, 19 May, 2008 - 10:56am
wrong larvae
Helgramites (the larvae of fishflies and dobsonflies) are predominently aquatic.
This guy's more likely to be one of two things: either this is some sort of carnivorous beetle larvae, OR it is (and this is what I bet you it is) the larvae of an insect in the suborder Planipennia (the lacewings and antlions).
Can't help you much beyond that. Sorry! :/
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Jonas Insinga
, 18 May, 2008 - 1:41am
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Yes, Helgramites are aquatic and so is this critter. I took it out of the water to take the pics.
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Sam Houston
, 18 May, 2008 - 8:13am
