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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Comb-clawed Beetles (Alleculinae) » Gonoderina » Androchirus » Androchirus erythropus
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Comb-clawed Beetle larva - Androchirus erythropus
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Comb-clawed Beetle larva - Androchirus erythropus
Beaver Creek, Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
April 24, 2007
Size: 25 mm
In a huge, dead bracket fungus. I'm pretty sure it's a Tenebrionid. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Comb-clawed Beetle larva - Androchirus erythropus Comb-clawed Beetle pupa - Androchirus erythropus - female Comb-clawed Beetle pupa - Androchirus erythropus - female Comb-clawed Beetle - Androchirus erythropus - female Comb-clawed Beetle - Androchirus erythropus - female Comb-clawed Beetle - Androchirus erythropus - female
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 25 April, 2007 - 12:00pm
Last updated 17 May, 2007 - 8:46pm

I don't think I ever saw this series, Stephen.
Very nice record of development.
… Jim McClarin, 18 August, 2007 - 12:04am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Jim.
What an interesting beetle that came out of such a simple-looking larva!
… Stephen Luk, 19 August, 2007 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Stephen Luk, 17 May, 2007 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

You are right!
.-)
… Boris Büche, 27 April, 2007 - 3:29am login or register to post comments

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