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Blue beetle larva

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Description:

It seems it´s a kind of nest for a yellow larva. (See all the pictures).
This larva is from this beetle: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7365366

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Comments (10)
misako
you have an awesome backyard rubens.luciano! :)
KarenL
Great series rubens.luciano!
rubens.luciano
Because it´s in my backyard and every day I take a look and today I saw one blue beetle coming out from this "egg". I was very surprised because the larva is completely yellow.
misako
How did you know it was the larva of the blue beetle?
rubens.luciano
Today I discovered that this larva is from this nice beetle: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7365366
rubens.luciano
Hi Steffi, Do you think the beetle could be one of these : http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7187031 http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7144771
anita.luciano
Nice! Please do post a photo as well of whatever will come out of this thing!
Steffi
Could it be a type of case bearing leaf beetle larvae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camptosomata)? Very cool spotting!
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2011

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