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Unknown??

Creighton, Northern, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 30, 2012
Size: ~2mm

Looks like a tongue!

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Contributed by Harvey Schmidt on 30 June, 2012 - 8:43pm
Last updated 25 July, 2012 - 4:43pm

Moved

Moved from Beetles.
Cool!

… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2012 - 4:44pm

Forgot about this little critter :)

Finally got to look in my books and thought it might be a cerylonid due to the mouthparts. I asked Dan Young to take a look and he agrees that it isn't endomychidae and has the look of a cerylonid, but very few of them are described.

… Natalie Hernandez, 25 July, 2012 - 4:41pm

Thanks

Natalie!

… Harvey Schmidt, 25 July, 2012 - 6:48pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2012 - 2:34pm

Sweet!

I want to say fungus eater like Endomychidae or Psyllobora. Unfortunately I'm away from my textbooks and can't look up the distinguishing characteristics right now. Those mouthparts are really interesting too.

Maybe Abigail will know if it's a ladybug larva.

… Natalie Hernandez, 30 June, 2012 - 11:17pm

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