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Fire-colored Beetle larva - Dendroides canadensis

Fire-colored Beetle larva - Dendroides canadensis
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
November 23, 2010
Size: ~ 18 mm
Under loose bark of a Black walnut log. ID help appreciated.

Dendroides canadensis (Latreille)
Yes, it is the larva of Dendroides canadensis (Latreille). Some insects/beetles are, of course, pretty choosy where the eggs are laid (tree species) - D. canadensis is not very tree specific, but larvae of the species are almost always found only on the upper face & sides of a felled tree - not on the undersurface - adjacent to the soil. That is the typical microhabotat of Dendroides concolor (Newman) and Neopyrochroa flabelllata (Fabricius).

 
Thanks,
for this informative reply!

Moved
Moved from Beetles.

has to be Dendroides canadensis

 
Thanks.
Do beetles that live on dead logs (as larvae) tend to be choosy about what kind of tree bark they lay their eggs under?

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