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derodontus larva? - Derodontus esotericus

derodontus larva? - Derodontus esotericus
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 10, 2013
Similiar to this.

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Can you give us any more information?
What is it feeding on, what size was it? Did it have urogomphi? Can't see the posterior end at all.

 
on a fungus
It was small, probably 1-2mm.
The same fungus was also covered by adult Derodontus beetles, which is why I'm thinking this is the larva.
The fungus can be seen in this pic (the red fungus):

 
Ah, interesting.
That helps. I'll look around, I have never identified larvae in this family before.

 
Glad to hear that
Unfortunately I didn't get any other pics (this one was actually a crop of a larger picture) so hopefully this is enough. I'll try to find a larva again in a few days; I know exactly where the log with the fungi can be found.

 
Sweet.
This one is fairly small, so perhaps it is an earlier instar.