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Immature Stages
of Anthicidae
Detailed information on immature
stages of Anthicidae is being acquired.
However, Clausen (1940) noted that larvae of several species of
Anthicidae develop as predators on the immature stages of other insects, some
being wholly predaceous while others are scavengers or plant feeders. Anthicus
heroicus Casey is a predator
of the sialid, Corydalis cornuta L. The neuropteron lays its eggs during midsummer
in large masses of several thousand.
These are covered with a tough, calcareous material, upon leaves or
other objects overhanging or near water.
Both larvae and adults of Anthicus
feed extensively on these eggs, and a dozen or more may be found in a single
egg mass (Howard 1896). The female
beetle was said to gnaw a hole in the egg mass, in which she placed her own
eggs. When finished feeding, the
larvae enter the soil or trash for pupation.
There are evidently several generations yearly, and hibernation is as
adults (Howard 1896). Gill (cited by
Clausen, 1940) recorded Notoxus
monodon F. as feeding on
pupae of Archips in rolled
leaves. Anthicids resemble ants in
morphology and their ability to run about quickly. They are destinguished by a hornlike structure that projects
cephalad from the pronotum. Adult
beetles are commonly collected on flowers and foliage of trees and shrubs,
under logs, stones and debris, as well as in burrows. Larvae live in decaying plant material and
fruit (Headstrom 1977, White 1983). References:
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