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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Unidentified Larvae
Photo#46551
beetle larva
Copyright © 2006 Mark Moran

beetle larva
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
April 1, 2006
Size: 1 inch
Found under log. Sorry the picture isn't better. I couldn't get the head in the shot.
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Contributed by Mark Moran on 2 April, 2006 - 10:28am
Last updated 29 March, 2009 - 8:06pm

Moved
Moved from unidentified larvae.
… v belov, 29 March, 2009 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… v belov, 28 March, 2009 - 1:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 October, 2008 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Carabid or Staphylinid
Could be either. Wish the head was in view.
… Jim McClarin, 2 April, 2006 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
can be moved to Carabidae
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… v belov, 11 October, 2008 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Do the appendages at the tip of the abdomen provide any clue?
.
… Mark Moran, 2 April, 2006 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Compare
A large rove beetle larva with similar somewhat markings:


One that I think is a ground beetle larva, a closer fit from what I can see of yours:


As for the cerci characteristics, there probably are family differences but none that I've noticed. There is considerable difference among genera in each family.
… Jim McClarin, 2 April, 2006 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
.
… Mark Moran, 2 April, 2006 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Simular?
Check out my recent submission....thought to be a Ground Beetle larva. find it in Coleoptera images, first entry. Good luck.
… Robert L. Pearson, 28 January, 2007 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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