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 water larva : Ceratopogonidae ?
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 11-07-2023 04:48
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Hello, I shot some videos underwater last sunday to illustrate life in a puddle. Here are some views catch from these videos. The quality is very bad but I begin with this lens totally manual. I think I was out of focus ...  Anyway, I see two kinds of larva : white one's on the bottom : are they dead ? red bloody one's, very active ! Could it be Ceratopogonidae, as described in this page ? I give you the link to this video in which can be seen ostracods ("white ghosts"  : https://youtu.be/e9sSdPl0uFcsorry for the bad quality again ... Thanks in advance pat_der2003 attached the following image:  [125.24Kb] Edited by pat_der2003 on 11-07-2023 18:58 |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 11-07-2023 04:54
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
the red one
pat_der2003 attached the following image:  [225.07Kb] Edited by pat_der2003 on 11-07-2023 18:58 |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 11-07-2023 19:00
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
I have uploaded bigger size pictures ... may be ... ? |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 11-07-2023 19:42
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1173 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I only see larvae of Ceratopogonidae. At least the ones with the dark brown head |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 11-07-2023 22:24
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
OK, very good!! Thank you so much!!  |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 17-07-2023 10:28
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Hello, I'm back to get some advice. The first link above related to the article about Ceratopogonidae tells : These are most likely Dasyhelea genus Is it possible to assume this identification from those pictures including the video ? I don't recall that, in this place, occur biting midges, ... may be floricultural behaviors instead of blood drinking are more probable .. ?? Thanks in advance ! Nota bene : I made another video about this larva ... Edited by pat_der2003 on 17-07-2023 11:56 |
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