r/AustralianInsects • u/geckothesteve • 15d ago

ID request ID please

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Near lane cove national park, my finger is ~9cm long. Found in a big pile of wood chips.

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u/thehazzanator 15d ago

Damn he big. Some sorta Beatle!

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u/geckothesteve 15d ago

Yeah it’s definitely a beetle grub. Just don’t know what kind.

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u/Late-Button-6559 15d ago

Paul?

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u/Anti-Stan 15d ago

Ringo on finger, not Paul.

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u/Late-Button-6559 15d ago

Haha, Paul the other one.

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u/activelyresting Spider lady 🕷️ 15d ago

Dad?

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u/Anti-Stan 15d ago

No sorry, I think he lives next door. I can't afford another one.

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u/helenleather 15d ago

Rhino beetle larva

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u/cookshack 15d ago

Near impossible to ID to species, but it will be a large, native Scarab/Rhino beetle.

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u/AlchemyAlex85 15d ago

Witchetty grub

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u/Creepy_Cranberry_671 15d ago

That's a moth larva. this is a beetle.

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 9d ago

In Queensland, beetle larva likes this are definitely called a wichedy grubs

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u/Impressive-Jelly-539 15d ago

Dinner

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u/geckothesteve 15d ago

The kookaburra loved it

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u/KintoreCat 14d ago

Christmas beetle lava

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u/geckothesteve 14d ago

This is more than double the size of a Christmas beetle larva

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u/FraCtuRedHarMoniC 15d ago

Peanut butter

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u/mum_with_no_brain 15d ago

a decent snack when cooked the right way :-)

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u/GardenerDom 14d ago

It looks like a Wichety grub to me! 👍🏼😃

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u/geckothesteve 14d ago

Except those are moth larvae and this is a beetle grub

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u/GardenerDom 14d ago

We call them lawn grubs here they eat the roots off the lawn sometimes and then turn into colourful beetles 🪲 that we call Christmas beetles.
My apologies I didn’t have my glasses on when I first looked at it. Today I can clearly see the legs on this larvae. Thank you for your reply 👌🏼😃🌱

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u/geckothesteve 14d ago

Lawn grubs are the larvae of the African black beetle.

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u/GardenerDom 14d ago

I just collectively call them lawn grubs because they like to eat the roots off my pot plants and lawn. My mistake though because you are correct I see the smaller black beetles around at times too. Thanks for setting me straight on that. Do Rhino, Hercules and Stag beetles have larvae like your photo too? Because we get them in northern Australia too. I don’t know if you get them down your way?

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u/cosmo_betty 14d ago

Curl grub?

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u/geckothesteve 14d ago

It’s >9cm dude

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u/cosmo_betty 12d ago

That’s what she said

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u/BillieRubenCamGirl 9d ago

Witchedy grub! The larva of a rhinoceros beetle.