Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Big larva in the water

Posted by Tony T on 30-06-2008 16:55
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Paul Beuk wrote:
Looks like it could be tabanid. Something for Theo.

Definitely a tabanid but not Chrysops. Thorax striations suggest Tabanus sp.
Quite easy to rear, keep in damp soil or sand, feed live fly larvae or live worms (or anything live that will burrow into wet substrate); they will eaven kill and eat recently transformed frogs.
They can inflict a painful bite to the human hand, take care