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Beetle larva - Chlaenius
Copyright © 2008 tom murray

Beetle larva - Chlaenius
Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 7, 2008
Size: 14mm
I found this larva under a rock in a damp part of a trail right next to a swamp. I think it's a carabid, and was wandering if it might be a bombadier or something similar.

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Contributed by tom murray on 7 August, 2008 - 6:18pm
Last updated 27 October, 2019 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Vivid Metallic Ground Beetles.
… Curt Harden, 27 October, 2019 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Larvae.
… tom murray, 1 April, 2009 - 4:06pm

opinion of Kirill Makarov:
"a very nice Chlaenius -- one of the larger Chlaenius (s.str.) members"
… v belov, 31 March, 2009 - 3:58pm

Moved
I kept it, in hopes that it'll mature.
… tom murray, 7 August, 2008 - 7:33pm

Gotta be a carabid
Bombadier larvae are parasitic on water beetle pupae.
… Jim McClarin, 7 August, 2008 - 7:19pm

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