Two inch grub type larvae-pic

[Vic99]

Found under and in a rotting elm log. Two inches long. Orange head, sickly white body. ID. First though was cicada, but it Nernst says no.

 

[billb3]

That looks like a June bug turf grub.

 

[Vic99]

I agree, but it's TWO INCHES long and fatter than my thumb. Found about fifteen of them together.

 

[Smoked]

Stag beetle larva get in rotten oak and are very big. That one does not look as big as some of the stag larva I have seen. Was it in core rot or just under the bark?

 

[weatherguy]

Fry em up and eat em, good protein.

 

[firefighterjake]

Seeing as it apparently has a library card . . . book worm?

 

[TedyOH]

I've found these before in rotting logs as well, pretty sure its a rhinoceros beetle larva - also a lot of fake images on google, they are not as big as rats as some pictures show.

 

[Fred Wright]

It's bait. Catfish love 'em.

 

[TedyOH]

It's bait. Catfish love 'em.

Funny you say that, I found them at our camp in PA - the trout would not touch them, I was surprised to say the least.

 

[slayer7]

Had those come in on some wood I picked up off Craigslist a few years ago. They turned into stag beetles which are ugly things with horns or pinchers on the front as one of our poor cats found out when it got into the house. She came running down the hall shaking her front paw up and down with stag beetle firmly attached to her foot pad. It took some doing to pry it off and caused a bleeding wound. I just stomp em when I see them now or throw em by the bird feeders as a treat for the feathered guys.

 

[English BoB]

Fry em up and eat em, good protein.

Use butter when frying and a touch of garlic.....Yum

bob