Red Flat Bark Beetle Larva
 

Location: Calgary, AB
Date: May  21,  2007

               

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Common Name:  Red Flat Bark Beetle Larva

Latin Name:  Cucujus clavipes Fabricius, 1781
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Length:   up to 23 mm

Range: Throughout Alberta

Habitat: Beneath bark of dead poplar and ash

Time of year seen: Spring - Summer (Additional Sightings)

Diet: Mites and other small insects under bark

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