Saturday, March 26, 2022

Horned Passalus

The missing pine trees in our back yard left a lot of trash exposed. In the process of cleaning up ... I had to break apart pieces of the old cherry tree that had been decaying for at least 6 years (planting new tree).

In the process, I encountered several strange bugs and larvae ... 

Horned passalus beetle - more black in real-life
 

Horned passalus larvae ... more gross in real life

These things were pretty harmless ... I am a bit bummed to see them go.

1 comment:

  1. Was the cause of the decaying tree the larva or the bug?

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