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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Unidentified Larvae & Pupae
Photo#77222
Bark Larva
Copyright © 2006 Ashley Bradford

Bark Larva
Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
September 9, 2006
Size: 8 mm
Can anyone tell me what this is and what it does? I'm trying to figure out if its presence under the bark of a fallen limb from my tulip tree denotes guilt or is merely circumstantial. The tree has already lost most of its leaves, and has large strips of bark hanging from some limbs. I'm trying to hunt down the source of the problem... Is this the culprit or an innocent bystander???

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 14 September, 2006 - 10:11pm
Last updated 28 June, 2010 - 2:12pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 28 June, 2010 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

Not guilty!
Dear Ashley,

I do not know to which beetle family this one belongs - but is is sure not a wood feeder. It may rather be predacious or feeding on fungal tissue.

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 8 December, 2006 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the info, Boris! The search for the culprit continues...
… Ashley Bradford, 8 December, 2006 - 7:46am login or register to post comments

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