Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Metriocnemus purple to brown larvae

Posted by solito de solis on 27-06-2015 10:27
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Hi, everyone
I wish to know if the colour of a Orthocladiinae larva is a specific features that could help for its determination
I found this larvae (there wer a lot of its) in acidic water of a sphagnum marsh (pH 4 )
and I already could say that this is a Orthocladiinae larvae
but to go further... the colour ? What's is th nature of this colour ?

rodredi.free.fr/blueortho.jpg

thank you
SDS

Edited by solito de solis on 16-10-2015 09:56