What is this insect?

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raingerr
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What is this insect?

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Hi, just found this guy in my backyard. I’m in Arizona. When I poked it it was able to scrunch up back into the black shell thing. Looks almost like a maggot but i have no clue what the black part is since it’s attached and moves around with it.
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Re: What is this insect?

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raingerr wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:14 pm Hi, just found this guy in my backyard. I’m in Arizona. When I poked it it was able to scrunch up back into the black shell thing. Looks almost like a maggot but i have no clue what the black part is since it’s attached and moves around with it.
The larva of a case-bearing leaf beetle (family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Cryptocephalinae) -

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