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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Blister Beetles (Meloidae) » Unidentified Larvae
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beetle larva 2
Copyright © 2011 Jillian H. Cowles

beetle larva 2
Vail, Pima County, Arizona, USA
August 9, 2010
This tiny larva was found in a pitfall trap

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Contributed by Jillian H. Cowles on 13 February, 2011 - 10:14pm
Last updated 3 October, 2012 - 7:06pm

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… John F. Carr, 3 October, 2012 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

thanks, Art & Zack
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 27 February, 2011 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

1st instar meloid, maybe
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 19 February, 2011 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Meloid triungulin,
Looks like Meloid triungulin, but I've never seen any in nature so it's just a guess
… Artjom Zaitsev, 22 February, 2011 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

 
not a ripiphorid
I wish I was more familiar with meloid larvae- this is likely (almost certainly?) one, but I can't say which subfamily. It is definitely not a ripiphorid. The larvae of Trigonodera and Toposcopus are still unknown (!), but it is unlikely they would look like this...

cheers,
zack
… Zack Falin, 27 February, 2011 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

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