Dynastes tityus blackspot

[Mantisfan101]

Well when I got my tityus larvae I found s couple mjtes on them and O didn’t think much of it until I noticed that they all have blackspots on them, and quite a lot...they are late l3, is it possible that they can still successfully pupate?

 

[Goliathus]

There are various things that can cause black spots on beetle larvae, and not all of them are necessarily dangerous to their health.  Often, the spots are just the result of exposure to an irritant, and the effect doesn't go any deeper than the skin's surface.  If the spots are due to infection with a pathogen however, that can be a more serious problem, but in my experience, this is less common than the harmless types of spots.

 

[Dynastes]

A few black spots from damage are harmless but sometimes a bunch of spots are simply a prequel to death.