What is this?

Sep 18, 2024 9:14 PM

These things are all over the place in Virginia. Curious as to what it is. Human hand (mine) for scale.

bug

grub

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Beetle larva, probably some Dorcas sp.

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Poured concrete, with a spacer to avoid cracking when it shrinks and expands with heat and cold.

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Fish bait

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Hard to say, but I'd bet on green june beetle larvae.

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First guess would be a leatherjacket - the grub of the crane fly.

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Don't think cranefly have jaws like this.

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Seems correct. Especially if op dug them up.

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Japanese beetle larva maybe. I just called them gnarlybugs

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Had one making its way downtown when I went to work this AM.

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Beetle larva. Eastern Hercules?

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A left hand?

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Aardvark.

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I'd say it's a human hand, but you've already identified that.

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Silkworm?

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That's Steve; he's doing important work.

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How does it taste?

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They are delicious when deep fried and dipped in chocolate. I gave a box of them to my ex and she loved them until I told her what they were. I miss her.

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Slimy yet satisfying.

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Beetle grub of some sort.

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Could be a June beetle

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(I say that because of the crawling on it's back thing)

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But I'm in the UK, so what the fuck do I know...

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Grab the grub!

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What you do in the privacy of your own home is your own business...

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