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Stag Beetle Larva--detail of stridulatory apparatus - Lucanus
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Stag Beetle Larva--detail of stridulatory apparatus - Lucanus
Parkwood, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
April 16, 2005
Size: 55 mm
Detail of stridulatory apparatus on hind legs. Referring to stridulation in stag beetle larvae--this must be the plectrum on the trochanter of the hind legs.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 28 April, 2005 - 4:58am

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