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also, i orient compliments towards you for that great shot. nice one mate
i wouldn't say they're mating, as they're nymphs, but the ones i keep seem to do it too. i'm very interested to find out what exactly they /are/ doing
from what i know, this is a carabidae larva, though i don't know which species it might be..
what an interesting colouration, nice find :)
i found one here too, probably a longhorn beetle (cermabycidae)?
definately hemiptera, i'm thinking lygaeidae. camptopus lateralis?
It's awesome to see those out again, I'll be on the lookout for them as my last specimen had an eggsack, so I had to let it go. Amazing spotting :)
Well, I'd say it's terrestrial larvae. My educated guess is beetle larvae.
Interesting, I asked around in my local Natural History museum, they fill the abdomen with stuffing. It's as complicated as it sounds and also requires the removal of internal organs. But frankly, that's not working out so well either. I'll see if I can aquire such an air pump and try your method.
