Need Identification help please

[iturnrocks]

Found these cool bugs when I peeled off bark of a piece of firewood.

When you touch the body, they bring their tails up and poke as if trying to sting you or something. These guys are about 1 inch long. There was about 20-30 of them under the bark. There was 1 much larger, im gonna post pics of him soon.

Doesnt need to be an exact ID, anything close would be appreciated.

Thank you

 

[RVS]

Looks like it could possibly be larva of the family Cucujidae.

 

[lucanidae]

Cucujid was close, but I believe those are larval pyrochroidae; esp. noting that they were found in an aggregation.

 

[Mat]

Cucujid was close, but I believe those are larval pyrochroidae; esp. noting that they were found in an aggregation.

I'd go with Pyrochroidae too - the shape of the larve is pretty distictive.

Matt