2026-09-20 10:02 UTC
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@yaqubpk@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 10:05
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social I am positive there is existance is something to do with decomposition of organic material
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@DrorBedrack@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 10:48
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social They look like the larva of large, tree eating, beetles
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@Speckdaene@nrw.social 2026-09-20 11:07
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social Looking very much alike beetle larvae.
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@stevendbrewer@wandering.shop 2026-09-20 12:42
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social They look like grubs to me, aka beetle larvae.
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@zzzazzz@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 13:21
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social looks like Cetonia aurata, good for gardens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetonia_aurata
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@knowprose@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 14:18
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social these look like either stag beetle or rhinoceros beetle larvae, dependent on location. Overall, I would say that they are some form of scarab beetle, with species dependent on where they are in the world. Good for breaking down wood.
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@Gyroplast@furry.engineer 2026-09-20 14:50
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social My first association was Scarabaeidae larvae, mostly because Cockchafers/Maybugs were going extinct in my youth (thanks, DDT!), and finding a few of those grubs somehow became a core memory of mine. :) Careful, they bite. Hard. And they may be a pest, unfortunately, depending on species. Don't pin me down on that, though, I'm not even close to being an expert.
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@jknodlseder@mastodon.social 2026-09-20 15:29
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social I’ve plenty of them in my compost
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@DjityDjity@mastodon.social 2026-09-21 02:49
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social I grew up calling these Bardi grubs or Witchety grubs. They are the larvae of the cossid moth Endoxyla leucomochla, which feeds on the roots of the witchetty bush that is widespread throughout the Northern Territory and also typically found in parts of Western Australia and South Australia, although it is also found elsewhere throughout Australia. The term can also apply to larvae of other cossid moths, ghost moths (Hepialidae), and longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae). Wikipedia
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@regine_scharf@mastodon.social 2026-09-21 06:19
@Abelvicent@mastodon.social yes angellings becoming cockchafers