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female larviform of the Phrixothrix hirtus beetle.
It was at least 4" long. I saw it dragging a dead millipede of the same size along a dirt road in Black Rock forest. As you can see in the photo it was segmented with two orange spots to each segment.
northeast hardwood forest
I thought it should be called a "Peter Pan bug" because (I read) the female of this species never grows up, remaining as a larva its whole adult life. (I also read that this is called a larviform). I guess the males like robbing the cradle.
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Cool that you caught it feeding on a millipede!
Welcome to Project Noah James Kamlet
Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing
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