This Peltis species is one of the “bark beetles”
Peltis pippingskoeldi beetles excavatiing a conk.
Peltis pippingskoeldi eating a conk.
These like to “play dead” when they get disturbed. I was initially puzzled wondering why I was finding only dead ones.
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Leave them alone and they come back to life pretty fast.
Their chosen conk; a young Fomitopsis pinicola
Peltis pippingskoeldi starting some two level excavations on that conk.
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Peltis pippingskoeldi
Peltis pippingskoeldi
I am believing that these next ones are some sort of beetle larvae (based on their body and the configuration of antennae).
Another conk with beetle larvae
beetle larvae
beetle larvae
beetle larvae