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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Unidentified immatures
Photo#654118
Larva
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Kent

Larva
Radford, Virginia, USA
June 8, 2012
I'd like an ID, please.
This larva (and several other smaller ones) was in sap(?) at the base of a Quercus sp. tree. A fly, a carrion beetle, a clearwing moth, and several butterflies were also interested in the liquid that sometimes bubbled. Can you please explain?

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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 8 June, 2012 - 10:02pm
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 8:39am

fermenting sap attracts diverse beetle fauna
i've seen up to three dozen beetle spp. or more (not counting the staphs) at a single oozing tree wound.
the large one looks like a tenebrionoid of sorts, but i can't hazard a guess past that; the smaller plump warty greyish thing at the forefront looks like a nitidulid larva.

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 28 February, 2013 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
I've added one more image.
This one was taken at the same oozing spot. Do you recognize any of these?
Should I have posted this as a separate image?
Thanks for the info about the larva I submitted originally.
… Nancy Kent, 28 February, 2013 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
I could be wrong, but this reminds me of a beetle larva.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 July, 2012 - 5:46am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Charley, I appreciate that info!
… Nancy Kent, 16 July, 2012 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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