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Asilidae larvae in soil?
Britzie
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Dear Diptera Experts,
We have found these larvae in the soil of a forest nursery in Northern Germany mid of December 2014. The larvae are about 20 mm. Since in some places, the Abies liners have heavily damaged roots, I wonder if these larvae could be responsible? Does anyone know what they are?
Thank you for your help!
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Looks like Asilidae to me. Smith (1989) gives a key for the tribes
http://www.royens...inText.pdf
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http://www.royens...sIndex.pdf
 
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Thank you Atylotus, also for the links to the pdf files. With the help of the key, i tried to figure out at least the subfamily, but am not sure.
 
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