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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Immatures
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Coleoptera larva
Copyright © 2013 Patrick Gorring

Coleoptera larva
Thompson Island, Boston Harbor, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
May 12, 2013
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Contributed by Boston Harbor Islands PhotoBlitz on 16 May, 2013 - 11:06am
Last updated 6 June, 2014 - 11:06am

staphylinid larva, either Pae
staphylinid larva, either Paederinae or Staphylininae, most likely the latter.
… Alfred F. Newton, 6 June, 2014 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Natalie Hernandez caught this, Dr Makarov confirms it's a staph
Moved from unidentified larvae.
… v belov, 6 June, 2014 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 30 May, 2013 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure I'm seeing two tarsal claws, so...
...I think that would make it a Carabid:



Wait for expert confirmation/correction, though.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 May, 2013 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
I think so
Yes, a Carabidae
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 18 May, 2013 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

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