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Diptera larvae which form cones on the ground.
Jorge
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Hi all.
Recently, a colleague brought me some larvae in very poor condition, forming a cone on the ground like those of Myrmeleontidae.
Have you any idea of ​​what family can be? They come from Barcelona (Spain).
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Hello Jorge
welcome to the forum.

I guess you mean sandpits as those in Myrmeleontidae instead of cones on the ground. In the latter case it appears to me as small hills of sand instead of holes/pits. Dou you have some photographs of the larvae? or a link?
 
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As far as I am aware, the only Diptera-larvae making such sandpits are Vermileonidae.
 
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Hi atylotus and Menno.
I attached a image of the larvae. I have only the description of the person who brought the material. He mentioned that the larvae formed a sort of hole in the ground.
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How I can load the image?
 
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Thanks Paul.
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Another image. Sorry about the resolution
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Vermileonidae, but from the photos I am not able to tell you whether this is Vermileo or Lampromyia.
 
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Thanks Christian.
 
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