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white larva in rotting log
Carnifex
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Posted on 06-02-2021 08:43
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At least family level possible? Length about 2cm. In a park in Vienna

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Edited by Carnifex on 20-11-2022 21:33
Cheers, Lorin

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this is similar - but...

https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=5143


for future - trey to reared it....
 
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or young not sclerotized xylophagidae larvae ?
 
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These are interesting options!
And who says I am not trying to rear it ;-)
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Hi Carnifex,

Because it lack a pharyngeal skeleton I'd say one of the more primitive flies. It looks quite a lot like the Asilid larvae in https://www.resea.../343188758. Although that subfamily is not found here.

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