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Unknown beetle larvae 02
Copyright © 2009 Krazy_Kat

Unknown beetle larvae 02
southwestern Pennsylvania, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 5, 2009
Size: 18 mm
This critter turned up in a sample of benthic macroinvertebrates I collected. I'm having some trouble with ID; I think it may be a terrestrial that fell in the stream.

Any thoughts?

I can provide photos with a greater degree of magnification if necessary, just let me know what part of the anatomy you'd like to see.

Thanks

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Contributed by Krazy_Kat on 1 June, 2009 - 1:31pm
Last updated 13 June, 2009 - 10:37pm

Lycidae.
Larva of a netwinged beetle, family Lycidae. Nice detail.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 June, 2009 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
RE: Larva of a netwinged beetle
Hi Eric,

Thanks for the ID. I'm somewhat familiar with netwinged beetles and I've always found the adult to be interesting. Now I see that the larvae are pretty neat too. And thanks for the nice comment on the photos. I another quick question; if you don't mind?

I have a few additional photos similar to those that I posted that I took with my camera, plus some pretty detailed shots that were taken with the camera attached to our microscope where I work. Do you think I should upload those to the appropriate section of this site? I've never uploaded anything other than photos for identification before so I don't know what might be of interest to others.

Thanks,
Steve
… Krazy_Kat, 2 June, 2009 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

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