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 Syrphid larva eating a Ladybeetle larva
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| pierred |
Posted on 11-06-2005 05:44
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 Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, Seen yesterday a Syrphid larva eating a Ladybeetle larva : 
Pierre Duhem |
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| elck |
Posted on 11-06-2005 08:24
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Member Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 120 Joined: 21.03.05 |
Interesting! Could the yellow parts be remnants of the egg, so had the ladybird just emerged from it's egg, is that possible? |
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| pierred |
Posted on 11-06-2005 17:57
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, No, it can't be an egg. I don't know enough the number of instars of a lady beetle larva (four, I think), but from the mere size this one was at least at 3rd or 4th. It must be the innards of the larva. It could be that we see one lateral yellow spot _and_ the innards of the larva. Edited by pierred on 11-06-2005 18:08 Pierre Duhem |
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| elck |
Posted on 11-06-2005 20:51
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Member Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 120 Joined: 21.03.05 |
Ok. It looked a bit like this:  But I could not guess the size of your larvae. Thanks. elck |
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| pierred |
Posted on 13-06-2005 11:05
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
elck wrote: But I could not guess the size of your larvae. About 12 mm for the Syrphid larva, 8-9 mm for the Adalia larva. Pierre Duhem |
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| pierred |
Posted on 07-08-2011 18:00
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Member Location: Paris (France) Posts: 1484 Joined: 21.04.05 |
Hello, With the time, I think this should be a Dasysyrphus. Edited by pierred on 07-08-2011 18:01 Pierre Duhem |
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