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Larva ID 10/20/19


Best Answer ponerinecat , October 20 2019 - 10:01 AM

acorn weevil

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#1 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 20 2019 - 6:45 AM

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I found this in my kitchen, next to a pile of acorns. Don't ask why there are acorns in my kitchen.

Length: about 10 mm, or 1 centimeter

 

BEETLE BUG

 


He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.


#2 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 6:58 AM

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Compare it to some of your camponotous larvae, as it looks like I may be pupating

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#3 Offline DDD101DDD - Posted October 20 2019 - 7:05 AM

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Compare it to some of your camponotous larvae, as it looks like I may be pupating

It looks nothing like my Camponoutus larva. 

1. It's way to big

2.It has a reddish mouth, which no ant species larva (to my knowledge) has.


He travels, he seeks the p a r m e s a n.


#4 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 7:09 AM

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Looks like a waxworm.


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#5 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 8:00 AM

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Compare it to some of your camponotous larvae, as it looks like I may be pupating

It looks nothing like my Camponoutus larva. 
1. It's way to big
2.It has a reddish mouth, which no ant species larva (to my knowledge) has.

Well now we know it defiantly isn't any ant species. Also it was excreting some fecal material in the picture. Camponotus motors doesn't do that. Anyways, the more you know the more places you'll go; this rings true with many ant species as well, so I kind of helped you identify the larvae and learn more about Campomotous! Boom! Logic bomb!
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#6 Offline ponerinecat - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:01 AM   Best Answer

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acorn weevil


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#7 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:04 AM

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Time to get out the google chrome search engine


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#8 Offline TennesseeAnts - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:06 AM

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acorn weevil


Ah, yes! I find these all the time in my yard.

#9 Offline Da_NewAntOnTheBlock - Posted October 20 2019 - 10:06 AM

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He's right, https://www.google.c...=active&ssui=on


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#10 Offline mbullock42086 - Posted November 2 2019 - 1:14 PM

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this is a weevil larva of some sort






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