I found 3 of these ugly things is a rotten chunk of wood. When I turn the wood over a whole bunch of litlle white bugs squirmed all over the place, then this thing come crawling out.
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This was the first one that came out.
This message was edited Mar 14, 2009 2:15 PM
Here's a better pix. It's about 3" long.
The biggest about 4" long
The small one is about 1 1/2" long.
These are larvae of long-horned wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the subfamily Prioninae; likely a Prionus spp. - see http://tinyurl.com/dzvs79 for an example. Some of these, such as the California prionus, can severely damage roots of trees; see http://tinyurl.com/aay9nl for detailed information.
This message was edited Mar 14, 2009 8:40 PM
Thank You so much for that information. These came from a tree that was cut down about 5-6 years ago.
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