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Beetle larvae - Trogoderma anthrenoides
Copyright © 2006 Jeff Hollenbeck

Beetle larvae - Trogoderma anthrenoides
Okeechobee County, Florida, USA
December 31, 2006
Size: 3-4mm
Mud dauber cell.
I believe these are Dermestids. Probably consumed decomposed spiders or failed wasp larva.

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Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 31 December, 2006 - 11:40pm
Last updated 4 February, 2007 - 6:49pm

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 4 February, 2007 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

They look like fly pupae to me.
Were they roving around like dermestid larvae?
… Jim McClarin, 1 January, 2007 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
I just wanted to say
That they don't look like flies to me anymore. After having reared a number of dermestids and seen how they pupate inside their larval skins, I have to say that these have the characteristic look of dermestid larvae, complete with dorsal split of the larval integument that's caused by the pupa's more compact, wider shape.
… Jim McClarin, 19 May, 2009 - 6:56am login or register to post comments

 
No
not mobile, but not dead. Waiting to see what happens with them.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 4 January, 2007 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

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