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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Unidentified Larvae & Pupae
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tenebrio*nid larva (I think)
Copyright © 2006 Jim McClarin

tenebrio*nid larva (I think)
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
March 18, 2006
Size: about 24 mm
I often find dark larvae like this that I think are tenebri*onids (darkling beetles), but I think there must be several species of them at least. I'll try rearing this one to get a positive ID. Found under bark or in rotten wood.
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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 23 March, 2006 - 8:28pm
Last updated 12 April, 2008 - 6:39pm

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.
… tom murray, 23 January, 2008 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 8 December, 2006 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

No - is Elateridae!
Often confused, but easy to tell apart until you know:

Tenebrionidae: head more or less globular and hypognathous
Elateridae: head flattened above, prognathous.

Species with, or without terminal hooks exist in both families.

regards, Boris
… Boris Büche, 8 December, 2006 - 7:09am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Boris.
Moving to Elateridae.
… Jim McClarin, 8 December, 2006 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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