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Golach

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Anyone Know What this Bug Is?
« on: May 17, 2014, 21:26:09 »
Dug this creepy-crawlie up this afternoon.  Same one as I dug up last year except this one's a bit smaller.

It lives about a foot underground and can burrow back into the soil faster than you can say "Bug!"



and yes, it was taking a nip at my glove.

This is the underside of it.  The last one I dug up had a greyish white belly but it was about 1/4 inch bigger than this one (which is about 1 inch long).

This one was more of a creamy white but perhaps it changes colour as it gets older.

Really intrigued to know what it is.




hippydave

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Re: Anyone Know What this Bug Is?
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2014, 21:44:44 »
looks like a ground beetle larvae
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Golach

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Re: Anyone Know What this Bug Is?
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2014, 20:13:01 »
That's what he was and seems it does a lot of good by getting rid of other pests.  Seemingly they like slugs and snails - could explain why I haven't come across many slugs or snails.

Glad I didn't kill it.

 

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