Urogomphi is correct. Those are rear appendages seen in many beetle larvae.
I suggest their use here is one of deception where the rear is a false head. When alarmed, perhaps it draws attention to the rear end and away from the more important head. Lots of insects use false heads of one kind or another.
Trying out the Nikon Achromatic 10x
Moderators: rjlittlefield, ChrisR, Chris S., Pau
- MarkSturtevant
- Posts: 1957
- Joined: Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:52 pm
- Location: Michigan, U.S.A.
- Contact:
- rjlittlefield
- Site Admin
- Posts: 23625
- Joined: Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:34 am
- Location: Richland, Washington State, USA
- Contact:
I must be missing something here. The tentative ID was something like Schizotus, whose larvae bore in wood. Just intuitively, it doesn't seem to me that deception would play a very important role for a critter that lives in wood tunnels.I suggest their use here is one of deception where the rear is a false head
Am I imagining this wrong, or do you think the subject is something different?
--Rik