行 – 幾個道歉不具有完全的圖像*尚未*幼蟲問題 (我會在幾天內!). 上週末我是山哈密爾頓和博士候選人梅根卡皮普的一組大學伯克利分校的學生收集了一些種的Scaphinotus和一些幼蟲! 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. Stay tuned.
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