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beetle larva - Platydema
Copyright © 2007 Joyce Gross

beetle larva - Platydema
Knowland Park, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
January 9, 2007
Size: 6mm curled
This larva is about to pupate here. It came from a polypore fungus from the side of a standing, dead Monterey Pine.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 23 February, 2007 - 2:51am
Last updated 7 May, 2009 - 11:30am

Moved
Moved from Platydema.
… v belov, 7 May, 2009 - 11:30am

Moved
Moved from Diaperinae.
… Joyce Gross, 25 February, 2007 - 10:34pm

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