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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Unidentified Larvae
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beetle larva
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

beetle larva
Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
March 25, 2006
Size: 14mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 March, 2006 - 8:39am
Last updated 7 February, 2009 - 8:22pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 February, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Boris Bueche says it's not an Elaterid, but a tenebrionid larva.
… tom murray, 22 November, 2006 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

 
The more I learn,
the more I find out I don't know what I thought I knew. I wonder which teneb it is.
… Jim McClarin, 22 November, 2006 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Elaterid
Some elaterids like Ala*us have a thorny posterior that could conceivably be confused with another family, but most click beetle larvae seem to come to a smooth point like this one's.
… Jim McClarin, 26 March, 2006 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Jim
I'm surprised you're not out peeling bark.
… tom murray, 26 March, 2006 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

 
Ha!
I did a little of that yesterday. I've got tax forms to fill out but here I am on bugguide!! Plus, I've got gobs of larvae, pupae and imagos to photograph, process and load here.
… Jim McClarin, 26 March, 2006 - 9:46am login or register to post comments

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