Case of casebearing beetle larva by Fletcher Wildlife Garden

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09-JUL-2014	Christine Hanrahan

Case of casebearing beetle larva

This minute brown 'thing' is actually the larval case of a species in the Cryptocephalinae, or case-bearing leaf beetles. The larvae make cases of fecal matter which they carry with them, retreating into it when threatened.

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Date/Time	09-Jul-2014 13:35:42
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Don		10-Jul-2014 21:04
Fascinating detail in photo and text.

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