Weevil Larva
This little larva cruised across my desk a few weeks ago. I’m not actually sure it’s a weevil; we just always called them that. If anybody has a better ID, I’d love to hear it!
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Slowly getting the site back onto an even keel. It's nice to get back into the old posting rhythm.
b13 said,
November 3, 2007 @ 8:28 pm
Man, it’s hard enough finding a picture a day… let alone an insect picture a day. Big props!
tceisele said,
November 4, 2007 @ 2:45 am
I’d say it’s a carpet beetle larva, like these or this one, based on where you found it, the size, the cylindrical shape, the distinct segmentation, and the bristles. Especially the bristles.
Charles said,
November 8, 2007 @ 10:16 pm
It looks identical to the carpet beetle larva we have here in Alaska. Be careful. They can reproduce fairly quickly and eat a ton of organics. We get infestations of them every few years and it’s very interesting to see the odd sorts of things they’ll end up eating. The cat and the hedgehog both love eating them.
Vanessa said,
November 10, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
It in indeed a Dermestid (carpet beetle) which you need to be very very afraid of if you have pinned insects in a box somewhere…I’m a collection curator and they were our worst enemy because they are notorious for invading collections and reducing all that pinned protein to dust. Write me if you want to know how to deal with them in a collection.
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