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Photo#1028152
Found in soil under Pine trees
Copyright © 2014 marktd

Found in soil under Pine trees
Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA
December 20, 2014
Size: 1.5"
Found under Monterey Pine trees, about 6-8" deep underground (which is about the boundary between the pine mulch and soil). There were half a dozen near each other.
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Contributed by marktd on 22 December, 2014 - 12:05am
Last updated 19 January, 2015 - 6:51am

Moved
Moved from Frass.
I've cropped the photo and moved it to the unidentified beetle larvae section for the time being. The head is a little out of focus, but I would think there's enough detail here for someone who is familiar with these larvae to recognize it. There are only so many bugs that are this big!
… Charley Eiseman, 19 January, 2015 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

Frassed
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 15 January, 2015 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

cerambycidae, larva
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… Blaine Mathison, 15 January, 2015 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
?
With those big legs, and in soil rather than wood?
… Charley Eiseman, 15 January, 2015 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm with Charley on this one.
Do you have any other photos of these that might be clearer?
...
Perhaps a tenebrionid of some kind? It looks similar to the larvae of Bolitotherus, but they clearly can't be (these are huge!)
… Jonas Insinga, 18 January, 2015 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I will try to find another
I don't have any more photos, but I will dig around and see if I can find more specimens and then take better pictures.

Thanks!
… marktd, 19 January, 2015 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 4 January, 2015 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

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