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Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: "armored" larva in my compost, 1 by jooonbug

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jooonbug wrote:
Tons of these in my compost bin in Southern California. There's a really fat brown widow spider in there that loves sucking them dry. I wonder what insect is laying the eggs in there? I usually only see small winged insects around the bin; but these larva are an inch long!