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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Fire-Colored Beetles (Pyrochroidae) » Pyrochroinae » Schizotus » Schizotus cervicalis
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Fire-Colored Beetle larva - Schizotus cervicalis
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Fire-Colored Beetle larva - Schizotus cervicalis
Shirley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 17, 2011
Found under birch bark on a large log near a small stream.
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Contributed by tom murray on 17 April, 2011 - 6:04pm
Last updated 18 April, 2011 - 5:41pm

thanks, Dan & Tom
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 18 April, 2011 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

Schizotus cervicalis Newman
This is a larva of Schizotus cervicalis Newman. It has the "look" of being in a pre-pupal stage of the final instar. Finding it in a birch log near a stream is very typical for this boreal (and "borealesque")species.
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 18 April, 2011 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Or maybe
Cucujidae or Pyrochroidae?

… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 April, 2011 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Cucujidae or Pyrochroidae? YES!
There are two pyrochroid species and a cucujid here. The two "greenish" individuals are Schizotus cervicalis Newman; the yellowish-orange duo look like Dendroides canadensis (Latreille) and the three coppery-orange larvae are Cucujus clavipes Fabricius.
… Dr. Daniel K. Young, 18 April, 2011 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
It's one of those
but I'm not sure if it's a match for any of those.
… tom murray, 17 April, 2011 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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