Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mycetophilidae larva???

Posted by Alexandru Pintilioaie on 06-10-2012 19:16
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Hi all :),

This interesting larva (~ 2 cm in lenght) was found by my friend in a dead Alnus viridis wood, infected with microfungus inside it. This larva belong to Mycetophilidae? Also around it was something like a silk, the diptera larvae can produce silk ?

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