Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (eggs, larvae, pupae)
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| cmlatpcas |
Posted on 16-03-2009 13:55
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Member Location: Posts: 2 Joined: 15.03.09 |
I collected a specimens in a bowl of salad. I have no idea where the vegetable (mainly lettuce) come from but my home city is Hong Kong. Somebody told me that it may be a larva of coleoptera and some say it may be some form of dipterean fly. Can anybody help.
cmlatpcas attached the following image:  [164.01Kb] Edited by cmlatpcas on 16-03-2009 14:13 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-03-2009 19:08
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It looks like a Lepidoptera larva, possibly with a parasitic fly puparium inside - rather difficult to say without seeing the specimen. How big was it?
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| cmlatpcas |
Posted on 17-03-2009 07:29
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Thanks Tony. The speciemens is about 0.5 cm long. I have another picture with closer look. Can this helps. What are the morphological features you will suggest me to look into. cmlatpcas attached the following image:  [37.7Kb] |
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| socrates |
Posted on 17-03-2009 12:38
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Member Location: California Posts: 109 Joined: 11.02.07 |
any picture on the dorsal side showing the mouthpart? looks like a hymenopteran larva...but not sure though.. Edited by socrates on 17-03-2009 12:39 tempus fugit |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 17-03-2009 19:35
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Not sure - i think I'll stick with Lepidoptera - a young larva. It's quite small, so the puparium (if it is one) might be Phoridae. I think the next stage is to open it up to see what's inside.
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