cc58
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Post by cc58 on Jan 23, 2021 15:42:40 GMT -8
Please identify this bug. I saw this bug on a pine tree in outskirts of Atlanta,GA today. Appears to have 6 abdomen segments and at least 10 overall segments. Has either 6 or 8 legs. It is about 2" long and 1/2" wide.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 23, 2021 16:14:15 GMT -8
The larva of a lampyrid (or possibly lycid) beetle.
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Post by cc58 on Jan 24, 2021 6:46:11 GMT -8
The larva of a lampyrid (or possibly lycid) beetle.
Thanks for the ID! Googling name it looks like same insect. Surprising it is the larva of a Fire fly which is ten times less massive than the larva. I guess that is true with butterflies too. This thing looks like something out of Jurassic park!
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Post by 58chevy on Jan 24, 2021 7:03:13 GMT -8
The common name is trilobite beetle.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 24, 2021 9:04:14 GMT -8
I should also mention that the females of some Lampyridae and Lycidae remain in a "larviform" state throughout life (that is, despite becoming sexually mature, they never progress into the typical, beetle-like form of the males). For example, females of SE Asian trilobite beetles such as Platerodrilus -  and Duliticola -  |
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