Click Beetle larva
Found at Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods SNA in east-central Wisconsin. Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found in mixed hardwood forest.
I was photographing something else on the trunk of this debarked fallen hardwood tree when this click beetle larva crawled over to a borer hole and ducked in. It stayed in for a minute or two or three with only the very tip of its abdomen poking out. Eventually it backed out and moved on. Thinking it was probably preying on whatever had been inhabiting the borer hole.
Single exposure, moderately cropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.
Click Beetle larva
Found at Mayville Ledge Beech-Maple Woods SNA in east-central Wisconsin. Dodge County, Wisconsin, USA.
Found in mixed hardwood forest.
I was photographing something else on the trunk of this debarked fallen hardwood tree when this click beetle larva crawled over to a borer hole and ducked in. It stayed in for a minute or two or three with only the very tip of its abdomen poking out. Eventually it backed out and moved on. Thinking it was probably preying on whatever had been inhabiting the borer hole.
Single exposure, moderately cropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-26EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie and plastic cup diffuser.