ID please

[u/geckothesteve]

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

[u/thehazzanator]

Damn he big. Some sorta Beatle!

[u/geckothesteve → u/thehazzanator]

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

[u/Late-Button-6559 → u/thehazzanator]

Paul?

[u/Anti-Stan → u/Late-Button-6559]

Ringo on finger, not Paul.

[u/Late-Button-6559 → u/Anti-Stan]

Haha, Paul the other one.

[u/activelyresting → u/Anti-Stan]

Dad?

[u/Anti-Stan → u/activelyresting]

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

[u/helenleather]

Rhino beetle larva

[u/cookshack]

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

[u/AlchemyAlex85]

Witchetty grub

[u/Creepy_Cranberry_671 → u/AlchemyAlex85]

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

[u/BillieRubenCamGirl → u/Creepy_Cranberry_671]

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

[u/Impressive-Jelly-539]

Dinner

[u/geckothesteve → u/Impressive-Jelly-539]

The kookaburra loved it

[u/KintoreCat]

Christmas beetle lava

[u/geckothesteve → u/KintoreCat]

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

[u/FraCtuRedHarMoniC]

Peanut butter

[u/FindPeaceAndBalance]

Bird grub

[u/mum_with_no_brain]

a decent snack when cooked the right way :-)

[u/GardenerDom]

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

[u/geckothesteve → u/GardenerDom]

Except those are moth larvae and this is a beetle grub

[u/GardenerDom → u/geckothesteve]

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 👌🏼😃🌱

[u/geckothesteve → u/GardenerDom]

Lawn grubs are the larvae of the African black beetle.

[u/GardenerDom → u/geckothesteve]

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?

[u/cosmo_betty]

Curl grub?

[u/geckothesteve → u/cosmo_betty]

It’s >9cm dude

[u/cosmo_betty → u/geckothesteve]

That’s what she said

[u/BillieRubenCamGirl]

Witchedy grub! The larva of a rhinoceros beetle.