Would you feed this to your chicken?

[Ninjasquirrel]

They/we are waffling between Lucanus and Osmoderma.
An accurate measurement of the tool would help narrow it down,
I know you have a tape measure

I would measure them...if my chickens hadn't eaten all of them I wish I had thought to do that. It definately looks like Osmoderma eremicola larvae (Hermit Flower Beetle). I'm thinking it's that. I have seen them around after we have cut trees down before.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

The SO say the wrench from top to bottom is exactly 2 inches long. The thick part of the wrench is exactly 3/4 of an inch wide on the outside diameter. Hopefully this helps but we are both thinking it is the hermit flower beetle

 

[aart]

The SO say the wrench from top to bottom is exactly 2 inches long. The thick part of the wrench is exactly 3/4 of an inch wide on the outside diameter. Hopefully this helps but we are both thinking it is the hermit flower beetle

Yeah, it was the wrench not the grub needed measured it does help.
I guessed 3" and have corrected ID post, but most agree Osmoderma.

 

[Sequel]

Possibly ichneumon wasp larva. Tree service workers call them “stump effers “ this is a family friendly site so that’s code, haha. You can look up “stump stabbers “ for more info.

 

[CalBickieMomma]

SNACKS!!!!!!
In my neck of the woods, we get giant root borers (they end up looking like big reddish brown beetles and are totally cool, but the larvae are hideous - look like queen termites. Shudders ....). I figure if a chicken has access to it 'out in the wild' it's probably safe .

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Possibly ichneumon wasp larva. Tree service workers call them “stump effers “ this is a family friendly site so that’s code, haha. You can look up “stump stabbers “ for more info.

I don't believe we have those in our area. I ended up finding more of the grubs today when we finished cutting it up and gave our fav little girl a special treat. We dont think these killed the tree. More like it lived in after it was already dead. Its been dead for a while but we had to move the fence so it would not fall on it. There is another basswood right next to it that is also marked to be cut. It is very dead but this one had to go before that one so it can fall in the right direction

Edit: nvm, just looked them up and we do have them. But thats not it. Those are parasitic.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

SNACKS!!!!!!
In my neck of the woods, we get giant root borers (they end up looking like big reddish brown beetles and are totally cool, but the larvae are hideous - look like queen termites. Shudders ....). I figure if a chicken has access to it 'out in the wild' it's probably safe .

I wonder if chickens can eat termiteswe have been very fortunate that we dont have them. We are surrounded by woods where we live and sometimes it is quite a hassle with all these trees. I think we have taken down 28 or so and had to clean up 5 or 6 that have just given up on life and fell. I know I have one that fell a couple of days ago. Still havent cleaned it up

 

[aart]

Edit: nvm, just looked them up and we do have them. But thats not it. Those are parasitic.

Yep, and way too small.

Osmoderma was the consensus.
Butt(haha!)....."but you really need a shot of the posterior end for a better ID".
That's where there are tiny details that can drill down to specific species.
So if you really want to find out exactly what it is,
take clear and close pics of the rear end... and head/leg area too.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Yep, and way too small.

Osmoderma was the consensus.
Butt(haha!)....."but you really need a shot of the posterior end for a better ID".
That's where there are tiny details that can drill down to specific species.
So if you really want to find out exactly what it is,
take clear and close pics of the rear end... and head/leg area too.

As ignorant as it sounds...which end is the rear? Isnt the rear end of a worm technically in the middle? Idk been way too long since high school biology. I remember dissecting a worm but I cant remember what goes where. All I remember is the teacher held a contest for dissecting the frog. If you got the skin off in one piece he would give the winner 5 bucks. I had to wait for him to go to an atm the following day because he didnt think anyone could actually do it.

 

[cmom]

We get grubs in our compost piles. Usually when we turn it or when were spreading it out on the garden beds we find grubs of all sizes and birds love them. I'm sure they are way different than tree grubs.