who can ID these grubs!! ;)

[DITB]

i am hoping they are something "cool" but i don't have my expectations set to high i found them under the bark of a rotting log there was about 10 of them they have 3 sets of legs, use there legs to move(instead of crawling on there back) and are decently hairy any help appreciated :d

 

[Bugs In Cyberspace]

Maybe you already suspect this, but I guess scarabs of some kind. You'd have to be familiar with what scarabs you tend to see in the area where you collected them. As they grow, their size may provide a further clue.

 

[DITB]

in 12 months pretty much...lol.....maybe ill know what they are!
thanks for the reply lol

 

[ZergFront]

Cool. Post more pics when they are a lot bigger. Could give more clues. All I can guess is either scarabs or maybe long-horn beetles.

 

[DITB]

the longhorn....prionus beetle larvae anyways are rather bizarre looking with tiny mouth and barely visible legs, i find Bess beetle larvae which has 2 sets of legs, and i was under the impression may beetles, June beetles, and grape vine beetle larvae are found in soil and not inside logs? i don't really see many other species than those.....
the habitat i found the log in was near a pile of left over logs from strip logging a few year back no fruit trees anywhere around
also these larvae seem to prefer to stay curled in a c shape....is this because they are young or another possible clue? when i googled stag beetle larvae i noticed all the photos the larvae where in a C shape..... I'm really hoping these are stag larvae
thanks

 

[Galapoheros]

I'm thinking they are some kind of Strategus,, esp. if they were in rotting wood, maybe S. aloeus(?). If so though, they are young ones. June bug grubs are a lot more white. I've found young S. aloeus and they look like what you have there, translucent looking with a lighter colored head but get more white colored later. They like to be curled to adults but can walk around straightened out.