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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Hemirhipini » Alaus
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wood-boring larvae number 3 - Alaus
Copyright © 2011 Swampmonsters

wood-boring larvae number 3 - Alaus
Citrus County, Florida, USA
March 3, 2011
Size: >2.5" long
For thoroughness, I've included a photo of the last larvae I found in the logs. This is the one I think is the eyed click beetle.
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Contributed by Swampmonsters on 3 March, 2011 - 12:22pm
Last updated 21 November, 2011 - 10:00pm

Moved Tentatively
Moved from ID Request.

I am pretty sure this is an Alaus larva.
… Blaine Mathison, 4 March, 2011 - 10:25am login or register to post comments

That would be my guess as well!
Definitely and Elaterid, the labrum is fused to form a nasale, and those urogomphi match:

… Natalie Hernandez, 3 March, 2011 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

please fill in label data [location, date]...
...per instructions provided in the submission form.
also pls crop the image to remove the black border
… v belov, 3 March, 2011 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

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