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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » Unidentified Larvae
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Melolonthinae larva
Copyright © 2005 Maria Fremlin

Melolonthinae larva
Victoria Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 15, 2005
Size: ruler is in millimetres,
This larva was found in a stump, feeding above the ground. It got very excited with the encounter and frassed away several times...

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Contributed by Maria Fremlin on 4 December, 2005 - 4:05am
Last updated 2 March, 2016 - 2:15pm

Moved, scarabaeid larva
Moved from Scarab Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 2 March, 2016 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Osmoderma.
… Alan Jeon, 21 January, 2015 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Melolonthinae?
Dominique Collet has narrowed this larva down possibly to the Melolonthinae.
Meanwhile I've discovered that this larva is very similar, however it wasn't feeding on rotten wood...
PS: it is now thought to belong to the Subfamily Cetoniinae, Trichinniae tribe.
… Maria Fremlin, 21 December, 2005 - 2:06am login or register to post comments

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