ຕົກລົງ – ເປັນຄໍາແກ້ຕົວບໍ່ພໍເທົ່າໃດສໍາລັບການບໍ່ມີຮູບພາບອັນເຕັມທີ່ * ທັນ * ຂອງຕົວອ່ອນໃນຄໍາຖາມທີ່ວ່າ (ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະຢູ່ໃນສອງສາມມື້!). ໃນໄລຍະທ້າຍອາທິດທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າໄດ້ມີກຸ່ມຂອງນັກຮຽນ Berkeley ກ່ຽວກັບການ Mount Hamilton ແລະຜູ້ຝຶກຫັດທີ່ປະລິນຍາເອກ Meghan Culpepper ເປັນການເກັບກໍາເປັນຊະນິດທີ່ບໍ່ຫຼາຍປານໃດຂອງ Scaphinotus ແລະຕົວອ່ອນບາງ! So the specimen from Monday was indeed the larvae of a Scaphinotus beetle feasting inside the shell of a native terrestrial snail. This challenge was a hard one since these predatory Scaphinotus larvae are rarely encountered and there are zero images of out there – and none of them feeding. Better luck next time!
For now, here is an undetermined Scaphinotus species. In the coming weeks I will have 4-5 species photographed and identified (by Meghan) – and the larvae will have to be sequenced for species ID. ຕິດຕາມຢູ່.
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