Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Soft-winged Flower Beetles (Melyridae) » Larvae
Photo#15164
unidentified colorful larva
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

unidentified colorful larva
Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 16, 2005
Size: 1/2"
Found this larva crawling across the surface of a large flat rock on top of Horn Pond Mountain (a small hill that's mostly rock on top). Could this be a soft-winged flower beetle? I found one here last year.

Images of this individual: tag all
unidentified colorful larva unidentified colorful larva
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by tom murray on 18 April, 2005 - 9:43pm
Last updated 23 February, 2018 - 10:24pm

Moved
Moved from Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… v belov, 2 April, 2009 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bark-gnawing, Checkered and Soft-winged Flower Beetles.
… tom murray, 15 October, 2008 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

100% Melyridae (check the cha
100% Melyridae (check the characteristic "drawing" on prothorax)
… Artjom Zaitsev, 15 October, 2008 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Boris Büche, 30 March, 2007 - 6:00am login or register to post comments

Larva is . . .
either Cleridae, or Melyridae. Difficult to tell apart, those ones.

cheers, Boris
… Boris Büche, 8 December, 2006 - 6:23am login or register to post comments

 
Melyridae?
This was at the same location I found this adult. Maybe they're the same species.
… tom murray, 8 December, 2006 - 8:45am login or register to post comments

Bears a little resemblance to


It was also found on rock, under a large flake of rock.
… Jim McClarin, 5 January, 2006 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact