Posted by evdb on 25-10-2016 21:02
#1
Hello !
Center of France, collected out a smal pond on 15th october 2016; about 10 mm long (including tail).
Could it be an
Eristalis larva ?
Edited by evdb on 29-10-2016 08:58
Posted by Sundew on 26-10-2016 21:49
#2
I have no experience with larvae of the "rat-tailed maggot" type, but they belong to several genera (
Eristalis, Eristalinus, Anasimyia, Helophilus, Lejops, Parhelophilus)... In
http://eco-eclect...ae-in.html it is stated that
Helophilus larvae have an almost black tip to their posterior breathing tube. That would fit your picture! However, the tails seem a bit longer. The cited book by Rotheray (1993) should be informative!
