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Family Cantharidae
Lovely little brown velvet larva, I spotted it in the water and pulled it out.
Spotted on Nov 24, 2013
Submitted on Nov 25, 2013
4 Comments
Thanks again bayucca, looks like it is a soldier beetle, think I will have to settle for family. http://bugguide.net/node/view/248657/bgi...
Now, then... OK, it could just be an unlucky beetle larva ;-)... Maybe you try to google: "beetle larva bugguide", then go to pictures. We might not be able to get the genus/species, but maybe the family, if WE are lucky...
I did not phrase my description well bayucca, it is definitely not an aquatic larva, it was just unfortunate enough to be in the water.
At first sight it looks like a beetle larva, but the fact you found it IN the water is confusing. Water beetle larva look somehow different. Just a hint for further search.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_beet...