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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Amarygmini » Meracantha » Meracantha contracta
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Beetle Larvae - Meracantha contracta
Copyright © 2008 Tom Bentley

Beetle Larvae - Meracantha contracta
Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
April 20, 2008
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 20 April, 2008 - 9:50pm
Last updated 27 April, 2013 - 11:49am

Moved
Moved from Meracantha.
… v belov, 27 April, 2013 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles.
… Tom Bentley, 15 October, 2008 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Tenebrionid
with remarcable "bull-dozer" tail. I´ve seen similar in Indonesia, and my idea then was Strongylium sp - but a mere idea, no ID, rearing attempt failed . . .
… Boris Büche, 21 April, 2008 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

 
It is Meracantha sp. (Tenebri
It is Meracantha sp. (Tenebrionidae) larva. In Indonesia you probably saw Plesiophtalmus larva (same family) with similar caudal end
… Artjom Zaitsev, 15 October, 2008 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tom Bentley, 20 April, 2008 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

teneb
but what type? I'm clueless.
… Jim McClarin, 20 April, 2008 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

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