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Derodontus esotericus
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roar
derodontus larva? -
Derodontus esotericus
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 10, 2013
Similiar to
this
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Contributed by
roar
on 10 November, 2013 - 11:18am
Last updated 15 July, 2023 - 4:59pm
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roar
, 27 November, 2013 - 9:24pm
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.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 10 November, 2013 - 7:43pm
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):
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roar
, 10 November, 2013 - 7:46pm
Ah, interesting.
That helps. I'll look around, I have never identified larvae in this family before.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 10 November, 2013 - 7:53pm
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.
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roar
, 10 November, 2013 - 7:54pm
Sweet.
This one is fairly small, so perhaps it is an earlier instar.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 10 November, 2013 - 7:57pm