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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Unidentified immatures
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Coleoptera larva?
Copyright © 2017 Marci Hess

Coleoptera larva?
Green County, Wisconsin, USA
March 27, 2017
I could not tell if this was emerging from this gall or if it had attacked whatever was in there. Sadly, I did not record the plant. In this area there were mostly non-native cool season grasses.

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Coleoptera larva? Coleoptera larva?
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Contributed by Marci Hess on 24 November, 2017 - 3:52pm
Last updated 3 June, 2022 - 12:56pm

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… Bob Biagi, 3 June, 2022 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 18 January, 2021 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Hi Marci
I believe this is a clerid larva (family Cleridae). I have found clerid larvae in stems and galls before, where they are presumably feeding on the other insects present. Here's one in the genus Isohydnocera that MJ reared from a gall:



This webpage states: "Many species [of clerids] in the genera (Phyllobaenus and Isonhydnocera) are found on herbaceous vegetation. The larvae often feed on gall insects and the adults are predaceous on various insects found on flowers and vegetation."
… John van der Linden, 14 January, 2021 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

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