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 Tipulidae larva ?
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| Arthropa |
Posted on 15-10-2004 16:50
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 Member Location: Fragnes (Burgundy, France) Posts: 183 Joined: 15.06.04 |
Hello, I've been told this larva may be some Tipulidae one !  (I would have thought it should be some Tenebrionidae one !?) I found it under the bark of a lying dead tree, in Chambolle-Musigny (21, France) on 28th March 2004. Size was something like 20 mm.    What do you think about it ? Benoit MARTHA  |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 15-10-2004 19:32
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hello Benoit, No, it is not a tipulid larva. Most of the larval Diptera don't have a clear head like this one has! Especially not the more 'higher' Diptera families! This is not even a Diptera, I think this is a Lepidoptera larva, so a caterpillar! If you can check its belly to see whether it has pseudo-legs (visible on your pictures?), that will make it almost definitely a caterpillar (in that case you can only mistake it with a sawfly larva, who also has pseudo-legs) Greetings, Gerard Edited by Gerard Pennards on 15-10-2004 19:33 Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Arthropa |
Posted on 15-10-2004 21:21
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Member Location: Fragnes (Burgundy, France) Posts: 183 Joined: 15.06.04 |
Thanks ! I will seek some help from lepidopterists or hymenopterists, and I'll let you know whenever I get some definite answer ! Best regards Benoit MARTHA |
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 29-02-2008 19:37
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 Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Hello Benoit (Martha?) it is somewht late now. I found this post by fortune just now! To my knowledge, that larvae is almost clearly a lepidoptera! That estimation is since there are 4 pairs of pseudolegs as can be seen in the second picture! I am only a layman. But, my guess is Eurrhypara hortulata L. Perhaps you ask the specialists in the Lepiforum. Best wishes, Josef |
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