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Larvae in mushroom (25.12.08)
Juergen Peters
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Hello!

Are these 4 mm larvae also from Mycetophilidae? Together with many Proteinus ovalis beetles and larvae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in a mushroom in our garden (northwest Germany) on first Christmas day.
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Did you ever tried to see it in obscurity?
Does it glow?
 
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Hello!

firefly wrote:
Did you ever tried to see it in obscurity?
Does it glow?


No. I had read of that, but I thought that phenomenon would only occur in some tropical species?!?
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Keroplatidae glowing species can be found from Portugal to Scandinavia.
Seemingly more genus does show glow display, like Platyura (Orfelia),etc... Smile
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Mycetophila sp. is most likely
 
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