Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tephritoidea (?) under Cypress

Posted by MMignini on 12-04-2021 10:53
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Jan Maca wrote:
Sciaridae are notorious for gregarious larvae. From the pictures it cannot be stated whether the larvae have nematoceran head capsule or not


Thank you for your feedback!
I am suspecting these are some Tephritoidea.
In the meantime I have been reading more and more reports of the same phenomenon appearing in other towns of Tuscany, always on bare ground and always under Cypresses.
A person sent me a close-up picture. I hope it is clear enough.
I add it here below.
Ulidiidae maybe?