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Cross-grain eucnemid larvae - Melasis pectinicornis
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

Cross-grain eucnemid larvae - Melasis pectinicornis
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
February 27, 2007
This is the classic eucnemid larva posture in my experience. Why do the fold themselve double like this?

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 4 March, 2007 - 7:38pm

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