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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Net-winged Beetles (Lycidae) » Lycinae » Calopterini » Calopteron » Larvae (Calopteron Larvae)
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6 legged something - Calopteron
Copyright © 2009 Randy

6 legged something - Calopteron
North Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA
July 26, 2009
Size: 1/2 - 3/4 in
Found crawling around in dead pine needles I used as blueberry bush mulch. I noticed it has 6 legs, which I tried to capture in the picture.
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Contributed by Randy on 30 July, 2009 - 10:08pm
Last updated 12 November, 2013 - 7:21am

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… v belov, 12 November, 2013 - 7:21am login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 31 July, 2009 - 10:53am login or register to post comments

this is a Calopteron larva (L
this is a Calopteron larva (Lycidae). It is well fed and bloated. No one knows what they're feeding on and it would be a big breakthrough to figure out how to rear them. They may be omnivorous, feeding from several sources including fungus, maybe even the water in moist soil which is laden with a microflora.
… joeCicero, 31 July, 2009 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
You rock, definitely what I'm looking at... Thanks much.
… Randy, 1 August, 2009 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks, Joe-- Calopteron was my best guess, too...
...but i'm notoriously timid with immature stages
… v belov, 31 July, 2009 - 10:52am login or register to post comments

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