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 Tipulid Larva
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 08-06-2012 20:34
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Found loitering among grass next to The Burn of Valayre here in Shetland. ID'able from this pic?
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [185.58Kb] |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 10-06-2012 19:59
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
Dear Roger it looks very much like Tipula scripta (see http://nlbif.eti...._1957b.pdf figure 161, page 249). There is a more recent version of Theowalds' work, but I couldn't find downloadables. Edited by atylotus on 10-06-2012 20:00 |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 11-06-2012 10:49
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Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
edit: I have verified your larvae using Theowald (1967) and it is definitely Tipula (Vestiplex) sp. and although it looks very similar to T.scripta I cannot exlude T. excisa or T. montana from your photo's. If the dorsal lobes are slightly curved towards the head than it is scripta, if not (just straight) than one of the other. |
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 12-06-2012 14:29
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks for looking at this and also for link atylotus...well none of those are on my checklist for here (which means nothing). Wish I had taken a few more pics at different angles..I'll know for next time. This one is wriggling its way through the grass somewhere....( not knowing what we call it  )Regards Roger |
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