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black-faced carabid larva

black-faced carabid larva
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 4-7 mm
Dilema: I have four species of tiny adult carabids in one rearing container and I seem to have found three species of carabid larvae in the same container, the latter of which I have now separated in plastic sorter-box cubicles so they won't eat each other and so their parents won't eat them.

These images are of the largest species (at present anyway), distinguished by a flesh-tone head and black face. Notice also the toothed mandibles.

I hope to rear these little guys to maturity, feeding them on shrimp-pellet fishfood, springtails and occasional earthworm medallions ;-)

I expect that one adult species can be eliminated since I have only one individual in the container. Links to the others are here, here, and here.

Images of this individual: tag all
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opinion of Kirill Makarov:
"may be Odacantha but can't be sure without seeing the urogomphi"

 
Here are the contestants:
These adults were in the rearing container for some weeks or months prior to the discovery of these juveniles. As noted in text above, the last here is least likely due to being the sole member of its species in the container:


Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.

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