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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » False Darkling Beetles (Melandryidae) » Melandryinae » Orchesiini » Orchesia
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Beetle Larva - Orchesia
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Beetle Larva - Orchesia
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
March 10, 2007
Size: ~ 6 mm
Again, don't know what type of beetle this larva belongs to. It always curls into a distinct 'C' posture as seen above. I have a few of these ones, and am hoping to raise them into adults to see what they will turn into. It's my first time trying to rear fungus-feeding larvae, so I'm not expecting to have much success. But I hope for the best, though.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 11 March, 2007 - 12:02am
Last updated 8 April, 2007 - 11:11pm

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… Stephen Luk, 8 April, 2007 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

premature guess
Hi Steven,

you sure have to rear this one, but I nontheless make a guess now: genus Orchesia (Melandryidae). Looking forward to the adult . . .

:-) Boris
… Boris Büche, 12 March, 2007 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Boris
I'll do my best to rear these. This larva is one of two specimens that I've found in the fungus, but both seem to have vanished without a trace. Since they couldn't possibly have escaped from the plastic container that they were in, I assume they've burrowed deeper into the fungus. They produce A LOT of frass too!
… Stephen Luk, 12 March, 2007 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

It should be fairly easy to rear these.
Place the fungi in a ventilated (screened?) container and spray with a squirt bottle every other day. It doesn't hurt to let the fungus dry out for a time. Shelf and bracket fungus-living species are used to that. The greater danger is keeping the fungus constantly wet indoors because mold will set in, or else dry for weeks on end.

Happy fatherhood ;-)
… Jim McClarin, 11 March, 2007 - 6:08am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the advice :-)
My room is quite humid, so I was definitely concerned about mold! I'll try it out and hopefully come up with results. Thanks again!
… Stephen Luk, 11 March, 2007 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

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