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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Cleroidea » Checkered Beetles (Cleridae) » Unidentified immatures
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beetle larva?
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

beetle larva?
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 21, 2012
Size: 4mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 21 October, 2012 - 8:26pm
Last updated 3 June, 2022 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from Checkered Beetles.
… Bob Biagi, 3 June, 2022 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

Weston Opitz says: "could be Pyticeroides laticornis (Say)"
at any rate, exceedingly cool.

Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 4 December, 2012 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

Moved for Expert ID
Moved from ID Request.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 10 November, 2012 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

 
Dan Young says:
"I can't see urogomphi, nor can I see the epicranial suture, but from what I can clearly make out, it certainly has the look of a clerid, to me. Moreover, the urogomphi are much reduced in some clerids like Phyllobaenus spp."
… v belov, 3 December, 2012 - 4:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah yes
It does have that pattern of four spots on the thorax too. That makes sense. Interesting!
… Natalie Hernandez, 3 December, 2012 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

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