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Beetle Larva on Joshua Tree Seedpod
Copyright © 2013 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Beetle Larva on Joshua Tree Seedpod
N of Tres Alamos Road, Black Mountains, NW of Wickenberg, Mojave County, Arizona, USA
August 2, 2013
Found on the Seed pods of a Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia). Thank you for your help.

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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 22 December, 2013 - 11:37am
Last updated 31 December, 2013 - 4:56am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae & Pupae.
… v belov, 31 December, 2013 - 4:56am login or register to post comments

Cleroidea
The shape of the urogomphi and the thoracic scleritization are pretty distinct. I'm not sure what family though.
… Natalie Hernandez, 31 December, 2013 - 1:02am login or register to post comments

 
thanks again --thought so...
… v belov, 31 December, 2013 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 30 December, 2013 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Lepidoptera actually
maybe a cossid, but there are large skippers that breed in Yucca, too.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 December, 2013 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
correction
upon further examination this does appear to be a beetle larva; cant think off-hand what it might be. It has some elateroid/cantharoid elements to it.
… Blaine Mathison, 22 December, 2013 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

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