Në rregull – a keqardhjet për të mos pasur disa imazhe të plotë * akoma * e larvave në fjalë (Unë do të në disa ditë!). Gjatë fundjavës unë isha me një grup studentësh Berkeley mbi malin Hamilton dhe PhD kandidat Meghan Culpepper mbledhur disa lloje të Scaphinotus dhe disa larvat! 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. Qëndroni të sintonizuar.
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