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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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Phoretic coleoptera larvae????
Copyright © 2012 Kara Tyler-Julian

Phoretic coleoptera larvae????
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
September 22, 2012
Found this beetle on a flower having trouble moving around, then noticed all of these....hitchhikers? I figure they are phoretic but maybe parasitic? Seem to be coleoptera larvae but my immature ID is not that strong.

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Phoretic coleoptera larvae???? Phoretic coleoptera larvae???? Phoretic coleoptera larvae???? Phoretic coleoptera larvae????
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Contributed by Kara Tyler-Julian on 28 September, 2012 - 8:32am
Last updated 1 May, 2020 - 6:32pm

Moved
Moved from Blister Beetles.
… Bob Biagi, 1 May, 2020 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request. The beetle does look like Nemognathinae. I don't know about the behavior of the triungulins though.
… Brad Barnd, 28 September, 2012 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

This looks like it might be
one of the Nemognathine blister beetles??
… john and jane balaban, 28 September, 2012 - 8:49am login or register to post comments

 
I was just looking there and
I was just looking there and thinking the same thing!
… Kara Tyler-Julian, 28 September, 2012 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Fascinating!
Could they be her own?
… john and jane balaban, 28 September, 2012 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Possibly?
The thought had crossed my mind. The only phoretic beetle larvae I knew of before this are the blister beetle larvae that hitch onto bees.
… Kara Tyler-Julian, 28 September, 2012 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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