Subject: creature 2 in my garden
Location: Hawthorne, CA
January 24, 2013 5:36 pm
Last time I contacted you wonderful folks I sent you pics of what you later identified as a scarab beetle grub, or June bug grub. I have also found another creature, very similar, yet different to that other grub. The ”head” of creature number 2 is a different color and it’s ”arms” seem different. Also, crazy creature number 2 is FAST. I have video of this thing wiggling across the floor on it’s back, legs up in the air! so odd… can you identify what this one is, too? Thanks!!!
Signature: Bef so Def

Crawlyback

Hi Bef,
This is also the grub of a Scarab Beetle, but the behavior you describe indicates it is most likely a Crawlyback, the larva of a green scarab known as a Figeater.  Crawlybacks are often found in compost piles.

Crawlyback

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Subject: Creature in my garden
Location: Hawthorne, CA
January 24, 2013 12:33 am
Hello!
Found this creature in my garden. What is it?! Guessing it is some kind of moth larvae but I figured you were the best resource to find out for sure! Any info is greatly appreciated.
Signature: Bef so Def

Scarab Beetle Grub

Dear Bef do Def,
This is the grub of a Scarab Beetle, most likely that of a May Beetle, commonly called a June Bug.

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Subject: BUG IDENTIFICATION
Location: Jacksonville, NC
January 22, 2013 6:21 pm
This bug was found outside Jacksonville, NC home. Please identify.
Signature: Respectfully, KSA

Scarab Grub

Dear KSA,
This is the grub of a Scarab Beetle, most likely one of the May Beetles commonly called June Bugs.

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Subject: I found a bug in my house near some firewood
Location: Texas
January 18, 2013 8:15 pm
Its a white bug seems if u can see its insides which are black but not many. Its all white with a big head and small black eyes. It seems to be about 2 inches long. It looks like a worm.
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Flathead Borer Larva

This is a Flathead Borer, the larva of a wood boring beetle in the family Buprestidae.  Adults are often brightly colored with metallic elytra, and they are called Metallic Borer Beetles or Jewel Beetles. It is impossible for us to determine the exact species.  You do not need to worry about this larva feeding on your furniture, though there are reports of adult beetles emerging from milled wood and furniture as many as fifty years after the wood was harvested.  You can see more images of Flathead Borers on BugGuide.

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Subject: Big Ol’ Larva – Carpenterworm?
Location: Raymond, California (Sierra foothills)
October 29, 2012 4:03 pm
We were splitting wood this weekend, and found this large larva inside one of the interior live oak rounds. We believe it to be a carpenterworm larva – can you confirm? As you can imagine, it was not happy to have been revealed to the world, so our size comparison with the measuring tape isn’t quite in alignment.
Love your website!
Thanks so much
Signature: Megan Ralph

Prionid Grub

Hi Megan,
This is the grub of one of the Longhorned Borer Beetles, most likely a Prionid, and possibly the California Prionus.  See this image from BugGuide for comparison.  According to BugGuide:  “Larva feed primarily on living deciduous trees (oaks, madrone, cottonwood) and are also recorded from roots of vines, grasses, and decomposing hardwoods and conifers. Will also attack fruit trees growing on light, well-drained soils (e.g. apple, cherry, peach)”

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