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Found while splitting bitternut hickory

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[–] ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

You might cross-post to !entomology@mander.xyz as well, see what others there think it may be.

[–] LittleTarsier@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My initial thought is some sort of woodboring beetle larva

[–] LittleTarsier@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

After looking at some images, my guess is a type of Buprestid larva

[–] tabularasa@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Emerald ash borer perhaps?

[–] CodingCarpenter@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Looks like this is it or some species of jewel beetle larvae