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beetle larva - Cucujus puniceus

Pack Forest , Pierce County, Washington, USA
July 12, 2009

Found under bark on a log.

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 2 August, 2009 - 9:51pm
Last updated 19 July, 2022 - 1:31pm

Moved

Moved from Red Flat Bark Beetle.

… v belov, 19 July, 2022 - 1:31pm

Cucujus puniceus

Distribution and width ratio of A8/A9

… Tommy McElrath, 19 July, 2022 - 9:48am

thanks, Dr Young... how bloody embarrassing :-]

Moved from Fire-Colored Beetles.

… v belov, 3 August, 2009 - 12:24pm

Cucujidae: Cucujus clavipes Fabricius

This is the larva of Cucujus clavipes Fabricius, the common, very flat N.A. cucujid, the adult of which is that handsome, flat, red beetle. In the Pacific coastal states, it also travels around with the subspecies name Cucujus clavipes puniceus Mannerheim, the nominate subspecies, C. clavipes clavipes Fabricius, being from the eastern U.S. and Canada, west to the great Plains.

… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 3 August, 2009 - 12:21pm

Moved

Moved from Beetles.

… v belov, 2 August, 2009 - 10:28pm

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