Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera pupae? - Lonchaeidae - Lonchaea hackmani ?
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-03-2021 19:46
#1
Found under the first layer of aspen bark, Today 23.03. Telemark, Norway. The longest of the pupae is 4.2 mm.
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 24-03-2021 22:03
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-03-2021 19:47
#2
2
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 23-03-2021 19:48
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 23-03-2021 22:46
#3
twice in one day Morten! looks like Lonchaeidae. can you provide an end on photo of the posterior breathing spiracles - it may be possible to ID further
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 24-03-2021 17:43
#4
Thanks a lot!
I also thought it could be from the L. family. (I'm not sure what's the front and back of a fly pupa, so I'm attaching a picture from both sides :|). unfortunately my camera is not good enough for such small details. Pictures from fly pupa 1.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 24-03-2021 17:44
#5
1b
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 24-03-2021 17:47
#6
Pupa nr 2.
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 24-03-2021 17:47
#7
2b
Posted by Iain MacGowan on 24-03-2021 18:49
#8
Thanks Morten - its the blunt end that is posterior, unfortunately there is not enough detail to get to species level - you will just have to await until they emerge. The main suspect at that size and in that tree species is
Lonchaea hackmani:)
Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 24-03-2021 22:02
#9
Thank you, Iain! :)
Morten