Here’s some newly documented invertebrate tracks to share with you all in our Tracker Mentoring community!
This odd trail belongs to a beetle larva. It is a “cutworm,” a larva of the Tenebrionidae, as far as we can tell. These are seen from time to time in different regions, and this particular one is from Ngala Training Camp in the Balule of Greater Kruger, South Africa.
Another report of this came to us from Kyle De Nobrega, up in the Okavango Delta. This track can, at first glance, seem similar to the trail made by a leech, as seen in an earlier newsletter! But notice, there are “foot” marks on one side of the trail, these are from its head and the 6 legs near the head pulling it along.
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Other articles you may find interesting
- An Invertebrate Mystery Track, Solved!
- Introducing Tracker Mentoring! (And, introducing the tracks of the Crested Barbet!)
