Anyone know what this bug is?

[michelv]

Hi everybody,
I'm not sure if this would be the correct section for this topic but I figured I'd post here because its about bugs!
I was cleaning out my pacmans terrarium and when I lefted his water bowl I found this weird looking bug. It looks pretty crazy but it doesn't really move much. It just flops its lower half up and down thats it. I dont normally feed my pacman in his tank but I might have left one superworm a few weeks ago in the tank. I dont know if they evolve into some other bug but this little bug is prettt creepy looking. Here are a few picks I took of it:
*I took these with my phone so there not the greatest pictures*



Oh and heres a moth I saw last night which has some beautiful colours, I live in Montreal, Quebec. Does anyone know the name of this moth?


Thanks for looking

[LilyPad]

According to my 8 year old daughter, that's a wasp larvae. I have no idea if she's correct or not, but she's usually up on these things.

[michelv]

According to my 8 year old daughter, that's a wasp larvae. I have no idea if she's correct or not, but she's usually up on these things.

Oh my, how did that end up in my pacmans terrarium o_o

[LilyPad]

Oh my, how did that end up in my pacmans terrarium o_o

She may not be correct lol, but she would have a much better idea than me. She also said it should have segments once the legs develop, and the picture doesn't look like it has defined segments. She still thought it was a wasp or bee larvae though.

[JeffreH]

This is a pupa (specifically, an exarate pupa), not a larva. Wasp larvae are usually incredibly simplified as they usually lead parasitic lifestlyes feeding on or within a host. Think ant or bee larvae, they are usually not very mobile and rather helpless without food provisions directly adjacent to them. You can have exarate wasp/hymenopteran pupae like this, but I don't believe this is a wasp.

It looks more like a beetle pupa to me.

As for the moth - I'm not sure. When I have the time I'll go through a lep guide for your area and see what I can find. Prettier, more charismatic specie like this can usually be identified to species fairly easily.

[LilyPad]

Definitely looks like a beetle pupa when I search it -- https://www.google.com/search?channe...EpCAqga5_YCQAw -- I will have to show my daughter when I get home.

[JeffreH]

I'd bank on a lone superworm pupating in there - this looks a lot like the pupa of Zophobas morio.

[deranged chipmunk]

I think you're wrong Jeff. I think it's the tiny sarcophagus of the supreme pharaoh of the miniature galaxy of afalakamakawaka.


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[michelv]

I searched up the superworm pupa and it looks exactly like it. Pretty interesting I had no idea that the superworm evolved into a beatle.

[Tomato Frog]

Looks like a Small-eyed Sphinx Moth, ​and a beautiful one at that.

[Tongue Flicker]

I agree with jeff, superworm pupa. My turtle loves it