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You're right about that. They are both insects.
But I think you've already understood what I mean. One is more like a fly with small holes, and the other is more like a beetle. It's also called a bark beetle.
My examples explain the difference.
And again, my one example is in the VM on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. at the bottom.
And again the type of feeding marks. You won't find them on the flies.
Then try it in your garden. Keep a larva in place until it eats the parchment. That really amazes me too.
That's it for me too.

Well we got closer to a mutual understanding, maybe except for one thing: You seem to think I have some problem with one form of larvae over another- maybe that I am rejecting one type over another? Or insisting that it can only be one type? Not at all.

I'm not sure what our hang up on this is, but: Whatever larvae, in whatever material, does not alter my perspective on this, i.e., that these insects, and these results, can and have been faked and forged, and often, in many ways, and quite well. This is, in essence, my point about this issue.

But I have meanwhile found this all interesting, and it has sparked an interest in my learning more, and experimenting a little bit on my own.

Thanks again for the input and feedback, and the "talk". Rich.