I recently found another specimen of beetle larva, and as you can see, it has a different morphology. Notice that while the former's head is large in proportion to its body and its abdomen tapers more suddenly, the latter appears longer in body, with a proportionate-sized head, and each segment of its body has a dark, rectangular marking.
I'm thinking it's a member of the tribe Pterostichini (Woodland Ground Beetles), in which case it will turn into something like this:
Mating couple. |
References:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15577 (Woodland Ground Beetles)
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