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Larvae Culicidae?
Robert Heemskerk
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Posted on 05-01-2008 01:51
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Hi Larvae-forum,

This small larvae was found under wet leafs, some ~6mm
Is it a Cullicidae-larvae?

place: Amsterdam forest, on a bank next to a swamp.
date: 29-12-2007
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John Bratton
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I don't think it is a mosquito as it doesn't have the large breathing tube on the tail. But I've no idea what family it is.

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I'd go for Ceratopogonidae.
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Thank you John and Paul Smile

 
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Body segments without projections, and bases of setae on tubercles - looks like Forcipomyia sp.
 
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