In-oak-bark pupa/beetle - Synchita fuliginosa Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA April 17, 2006 Size: about 3 mm
This tiny pupa popped out of a piece of oak bark I broke in-two, so I placed it in a labled container and waited to see what it might become. It has "become," but I don't even know what family it's in. It was in the outer "cork" (from the Latin Quercus, the genric name of oaks) layer rather than the inner fibrous cambium layer inhabited by various other species.
Following is its development series.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by Jim McClarin on 24 April, 2006 - 8:24pm Last updated 16 September, 2008 - 11:04am |