Comments on: Carrion(?) beetle larva, unidentified eggs http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/06/23/revisiting-an-earlier-species/ A Field Guide to the North Side of Old Mill Hill, Atlantic Mine, MI Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/06/23/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-353 Tim Eisele Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:54:14 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-353 No, aside from probably being some sort of moth. There's probably a few hundred species of moth that lay eggs like that, and it could have been any of them. The only real way to identify them would be to catch them, luck out on finding their food plant, and raise them up to large enough that they start showing distinctive features. I didn't manage to do any of that, so we will just never know for sure what they were. No, aside from probably being some sort of moth. There’s probably a few hundred species of moth that lay eggs like that, and it could have been any of them. The only real way to identify them would be to catch them, luck out on finding their food plant, and raise them up to large enough that they start showing distinctive features. I didn’t manage to do any of that, so we will just never know for sure what they were.

]]> By: Rachel http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/06/23/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-352 Rachel Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:39:16 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-352 We have those same larvae on our window - just hatched today. Did you ever hear what they were? We have those same larvae on our window - just hatched today. Did you ever hear what they were?

]]> By: Tim Eisele http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/06/23/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-105 Tim Eisele Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:47:30 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-105 I've changed the entry, thanks for the correction! The picture you point to certainly does look more like this specimen than the few pictures of the various <u>Calosoma</u> larvae on BugGuide. I'm still puzzled about its lifestyle though - we regularly find these crawling across our driveway, with no nearby carrion sources. BugGuide says that the larvae stay with the carrion until they pupate, so why are so many of them around here wandering like that? I’ve changed the entry, thanks for the correction! The picture you point to certainly does look more like this specimen than the few pictures of the various Calosoma larvae on BugGuide. I’m still puzzled about its lifestyle though - we regularly find these crawling across our driveway, with no nearby carrion sources. BugGuide says that the larvae stay with the carrion until they pupate, so why are so many of them around here wandering like that?

]]> By: Anthony http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/06/23/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-104 Anthony Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:32:45 +0000 http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2007/09/22/revisiting-an-earlier-species/#comment-104 That is not a catterpillar hunter beetle larva, it is the larva of a carrion beetle. This is a picture of another larva: http://bugguide.net/node/view/58166/bgpage These are pictures of possible species (there is more than one): http://bugguide.net/node/view/167/bgpage That is not a catterpillar hunter beetle larva, it is the larva of a carrion beetle. This is a picture of another larva: http://bugguide.net/node/view/58166/bgpage

These are pictures of possible species (there is more than one): http://bugguide.net/node/view/167/bgpage

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