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What is this bug? (Northern California) (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by HessiaNerd@lemmy.world to c/bugs@lemmy.world

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's a grub.

Will eventually turn into some type of beetle.

They spend their first part of a lifecycle living like this underground gaining calories before transforming.

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That was my first thought, but on closer inspection it has no distinct, obvious legparts below or mandibles up front. Coloration is pretty unusual for a grubworm too. I think we can't conclude grub based on that picture alone, though it is pretty suggestive.