Beetle Larva - Family Elateridae, Melanotus sp.

Habitat: Rotting wood; deciduous forest

comments (7)

Pudding4brains

Lion

Nah, that should be a Click beetle (Elateridae) - do you maybe have better close-up of tail end and head? Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Shoot! I went back and forth between click and darkling beetle larvae and settled on the wrong one, lol. I'll upload a head shot, but it's not very good. Posted 4 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks so much for your help, Arp. I always appreciate it. :)
    
    Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Pudding4brains
      
      Lion
      
      Should be a Melanotus sp.
      Stunning amount of species in that genus for the northern Americas :-/ (we only have 2 in the Netherlands).
      I doubt very much that there will be a comprehensive key for the larvae of the American species ...
      
      P.S. I see that even the adults in your area are a bit problematic ;o)
      
      https://bugguide.net/node/view/1684315 Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
    2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        I was JUST about to come in and suggest Elateridae (very distinctive larvae) but I got sidetracked last night! :D Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        @Arp, They are so hard to ID that I generally ignore the adults when I see them, lol. Thanks again for your help :).
        
        @Lisa, no worries! Arp was on the case ;). But, the more help, the merrier! Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
      3. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        @ Arp, do you think this is Conoderus lividus?
        Posted 4 years ago

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