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Identify this Larvae/Caterpillar

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  • 17-04-2011 3:55pm
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    Pimp Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭


    Not strictly angling, but posting here as I thought this was probably the best place for an ID of this Larva/Caterpillar.
    Also, I found it in the back garden today when I was lifting pots collecting worms.

    Initial thought was some sort of dragonfly larvae, but after some googling Im not sure.

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    Couldnt attach the images to this post, so have used a 3rd party service to do it.


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    wgsten
    Registered Users Posts: 187 ✭✭wgsten


    Post it in Nature and Birdwatching you may get an answer there.


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    yank_in_eire
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    Looks like a ground beetle larva to me.
    http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/node/442


    The one in this photo is a US species but they all look pretty similar. Yours should grow up into one of those 1/4 to 1/2 inch long shiny black beetles you find under logs and in flower beds.


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    Pimp Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭Pimp Ninja


    Exactly like that Yank. Thanks a mill.


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    Pimp Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭Pimp Ninja


    I've had another ID as a Devils Coachhorse beetle larvae. I googled some pics of this beetle and have seen a few of them around so I'm guessing thus could be the ID I'm looking for.


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