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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Ampedini » Ampedus » Larvae (Ampedus Larvae)
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Unknown larva 9 - Ampedus
Copyright © 2010 okeller

Unknown larva 9 - Ampedus
Port Sanilac, 47°27.2' N 82°33.3' W, Sanilac County, Michigan, USA
March 20, 2010
Size: ~10 mm
Is this also Elateridae?

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Unknown larva 9 - Ampedus Unknown larva 9 - Ampedus Unknown larva 9 - Ampedus
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Contributed by okeller on 20 March, 2010 - 6:02pm
Last updated 7 April, 2010 - 2:06pm

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 April, 2010 - 2:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 28 March, 2010 - 5:16am login or register to post comments

Meal Worm
that is what it is called in the pet trade, they are fed to reptiles and some small mammals. It isn't Ampedus larvae these are the larvae of the darkling beetle.
… Daniel Harris, 27 March, 2010 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

Thnx guys.
Thnx guys.
… okeller, 20 March, 2010 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

Yup
most-likely another Ampedus sp.
… Blaine Mathison, 20 March, 2010 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

sure thing
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… v belov, 20 March, 2010 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

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