someone ID this

[begleytree]

Pics of a grub I dug out of an old dead black oak stump today.
can anyone tell me what kind of beetle this will turn into?
-Ralph

 

[Gearhead1]

Hey Ralph, I don't know what they are either, but I have seen the same before in a very old sugar maple I was trimming. They were way up in some of the upper leaders that were dead and had some severe rot pockets. When the lead hit the ground and split apart, those grubs spilled out.

 

[xtremetrees]

Sorry I cant help you out, didnt even know it would turn into a beetle.
Got um here in Georgia too.

 

[stumpy66]

looks similar to a stag beetle larvea, dunno if you get them there...live in stumps for up to 7 years before having a day or two's fun in the sun..

 

[dakota]

For some reason, Ralph, I had it in my head that those were the larvae stage of june bugs. Not 100% and don't remember where that info came from but those are fun to throw at crew members.

 

[Freakingstang]

I found those in an ash I took down not too long ago. I don't know if it is a beetle or some sort of borer? I've also seen them in Elm trees that the tops were taken out by lightning a couple years prior.

-Steve

 

[dakota]

This might be it.


http://hortipm.tamu.edu/pestprofiles/chewing/mjbeet/mjbeet.html

 

[Tio]

I always wondered the same thing.

Seen bunches of them.

Pretty little fellers though, ain't they?

Probably fry up real good.

Don't look quite like a June bug.

Wonder if a guy could just put him back in some of that rotten stump wood and see what come out?

 

[begleytree]

I do know that if you throw them in water, they turn into catfish!

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

That's a leatherback, a type of Scarab Beetle.

 

[Tio]

That's a leatherback, a type of Scarab Beetle.

Really?

I just did a google image search and only found turtles.

You got any pics?

I would like to see the adult form.

(the things we do for fun. . .huh?)

Put them in moist paper towells in a jplastic bag in the fridge for a few days to give them time to clear their digestive system.

Rinse.

Stir fry with water chestnuts and snap peas.

Serve under low light conditions.

Dan

*Chuckles*

That actually sounds like a pretty good recipe.

 

[jimmykupko]

grub

as far as i know that grub will not turn its a grug worm,but i might be wrong

 

[dakota]

According to this, you should've taken a close-up of its rear end in order to identify.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2510.html

For this much effort, I'll stick to calling it a white grub, might be from a June bug

And rather than stir frying 'em, I'll probably still bounce 'em off my guys' hard hats and tell 'em to go fishing after work.

 

[Tree Machine]

They don't do so well fishing. When you pop em with the hook, their liquidy innards run outward and the plump bug goes flaccid.

 

[ray benson]

The large scarab grubs found in stumps and rotten wood will grow up to be either a stag beetle (see http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/diaglab/02hilite/7_8.html) or an Osmoderma leather beetle (see http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/diaglab/hilites/hilt717.html). The beetles do not cause the damage but live and feed on the soft rooting wood.