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Beetle larva feeding on bracket fungus

Found at Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods SNA in east-central Wisconsin. Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.

 

Found in mixed hardwood forest. It was feeding on a bracket fungus (Ganoderma?) growing out of the trunk of a standing dead hardwood tree. You can see the gnaw/gouge marks from someone's mandibles in the fungus.

 

Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.

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Uploaded on July 12, 2021
Taken on July 10, 2021