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Beetle Larvae

Photo by TheDisciple
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TKBotting
Rove beetle I think: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13881238
TheDisciple
I've seen one of these eating an earth worm. It had its facial pincers griping the earth worm and its tail-end had curled upwards and latched on to the prey with, what appeared to be, 4 piercing spikes. The tail was extracting substance with a wave like motion rippling through each segment, although it was gulping down dinner.
freelancing
Looks like the larva stage of a beetle. The larvae is often far more hideous than the beetle. Even ladybug larvae is creepy.
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PublishedJune 14, 2012

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