| 1. | The head capsule is well developed, but narrower than the other regions.
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| 2. | The body of the larva is soft while the head capsule is hard.
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| 3. | They are mostly uniform white with a light brown head capsule.
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| 4. | The head capsule is sclerotized anteriorly and deeply incised ventrally and often dorsolaterally.
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| 5. | When it outgrows the head capsule it moults, shedding its skin.
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| 6. | Some beetle larvae resemble hardened worms with dark head capsules and minute legs.
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| 7. | The larvae of Cyclorrhapha however, tend to have hardly any head capsule at all.
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| 8. | The larvae are pale yellow with a brown head capsule.
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| 9. | The head capsule is pigmented and its abdomen is slender.
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| 10. | The posterior two-thirds of the head capsule is enclosed or retracted within the prothoracic segment.
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