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cow carcass larva - Necrophilus hydrophiloides

cow carcass larva - Necrophilus hydrophiloides
Anthony Chabot Park, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
December 27, 2010
Size: 15mm
I found this under a dead cow in the Oakland hills. There were quite a few adult Necrophilus hydrophiloides under the cow too. This larva looks like the one in this drawing:
http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/eng/gyrne152.htm so I'm pretty sure that's what it is.

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Nice find!
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