
That's a quarter next to it for scale. He's playing possum on his side with his mouth end at the left.
Update 17 December: I believe that the grubs I found in my compost are Cotinus mutabilis aka Green Fruit Beetle, Green Fig Beetle, June Beetle . These are the striking and large metallic green beetles that hover through the garden in summer.
Looks like a June Bug larva or something closely related.
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to put him in a big jar with some compost and see what happens. I never find anything quite this big in my compost.
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