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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Soldier Beetles (Cantharidae) » Unidentified Soldier Beetle Larvae
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Soldier Beetle Larva
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Soldier Beetle Larva
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 18, 2006
Size: 14mm
We're starting to get another January thaw, with the snow all melted, and temps about 45 today. I looked under some logs and found this under a stone, near a marshy area.
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Contributed by tom murray on 19 January, 2006 - 5:02pm
Last updated 11 January, 2009 - 2:41pm

Moved
Moved from Soldier Beetles.
… tom murray, 11 January, 2009 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

Cantharidae larva
At that size either a Cantharis or Podabrus.
… Donald S. Chandler, 19 January, 2006 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Soldier Beetle
Thanks for the info, Don.
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