Am I in the Tropics; What are these Worms?

[A. Stanton]

Splitting some rotten wood today and came across these worms. They look like the grubs that Mark and Ollie ate on the Travel Channel while in the New Guinea tropics. If I didn't just have lunch, I might have tried em. Took the shot on a big dollar bill to show the big scale of these guys. As Shelby on the Ax Men would say, "almost got enough for a new gun and a pocket knife."

 

[banshee67]

Splitting some rotten wood today and came across these worms. They look like the grubs that Mark and Ollie ate on the Travel Channel while in the New Guinea tropics. If I didn't just have lunch, I might have tried em. Took the shot on a big dollar bill to show the big scale of these guys. As Shelby on the Ax Men would say, "almost got enough for a new gun and a pocket knife."

ive seen a few of those in rotton wood while splitting before

poor $100
couldnt you have done it to a $1 !?

this is an example of why i wash my hands after handling money.

 

[Kingsley]

That’s why you never put money in your mouth! (Unless you are at the "house of ill repute", then you have an excuse).

 

[gwiley]

At my hosue those turn into monster black beetles that eat wood like a freaking chipper. you can HEAR them chomping from about 20ft away from wherever I have pine stacked. They look fearsome and are tough as nails - hitting them with the maul just pushes them into the dirt, have get midieval on their butts to take them out.

 

[freemind]

They are not, but look like June Bug grubs.

June Bug grubs live in the dirt, and moles LOVE them. :censored:

 

[coog]

I find these all the time.They make great bait.

 

[Muffler Bearing]

No Doubt About It.. Their Liberals. How Many Seconds Did It Take Them To Re-Distribute That $100. Bill?

 

[A. Stanton]

No Doubt About It.. Their Liberals. How Many Seconds Did It Take Them To Re-Distribute That $100. Bill?

So, that's what happened to my C note!

 

[Ductape]

I like to deep fry mine, then add them to my special spaghetti sauce along with some jalapeno peppers. Enjoy !!

 

[cjnspecial]

They make really good bait if you can get a few dozen of them. They are the larvae of scarab beetles. Those things can get huge.

 

[caotropheus]

They are the larvae of scarab beetles.

That eat fungi developing in rotting wood.

 

[atvdave]

I find these all the time.They make great bait.

:agree2:

 

[thenorth]

the bugs could look 1/100 of that size, on a 1 $ bill.........**lol*

 

[Fireaxman]

I think they are called "Long Horned Beetles" (there are several genus and species across the country), and down here they will just about destroy all the sapwood in a wood pile in two summers. http://bugguide.net/node/view/5094/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/225289/bgimage

They dont seem to get into the heart wood much. They are one reason why I seperate my heartwood from my sapwood as I split, then burn the sapwood first each year.

 

[Upidstay]

I found some of those munching away on a big piece of Ash I was splitting. I do lawns for a living, so I'm familiar with grubs, but these suckers were HUGE. Not sure exactly what they are, but the larval form of just about every hard shelled beetle is a grub.

 

[ray benson]

I have seen similar grubs in rotted out oak logs.

 

[stihl sawing]

They make really good bait if you can get a few dozen of them. They are the larvae of scarab beetles. Those things can get huge.

:agree2:

 

[stihl sawing]

This is a scarab beetle

This is what i think they are, I see the grubs and these beetles all the time. Don't let your finger get caught in those jaws.

 

[stihl sawing]

A Better look at the jaws.

 

[Fireaxman]

"Scarab" Beetles are Dung Beetles, also called Tumblebugs. They lay their eggs in balls of dung. The wood boring beetles are "Long Horned Beetles". Yessir,, they can and will bite. But they are very slow, so they are easy to handle.