I found a dozen or so Pytho larvae under the bark of a large downed pine. If Dr. Dan young (U. of Wisconsin) is right in his P. nig*er ID of some earlier Pytho larva finds, this one must be a different species, most likely P. planus. The spine arrangement is distinctly different between the two, the image on the right being IDed as P. niger:


This image series was intended to be part of a group shot that never happened. The following images are therefore of various individuals from the same batch of larvae.