Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown larvae
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-12-2008 13:49
#1
hi dipteraforum,
I got this little larvae on dead leaf, underneath wood.
size: ~4mm
Many times I can see faces, looking at these things..
I edit my imagination for one time to show you..
What kind of larvae is this?
On the larvae there is sticked some mud and dirt.
date: 13-12-2008 , Amsterdam forest, The Netherlands
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-12-2008 13:49
#2
picture 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-12-2008 13:50
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 14-12-2008 13:50
#3
picture 3, detail and imaginary crop
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 14-12-2008 13:51
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 22-12-2008 00:00
#4
I don't know if this is the same species but this is an other specimen and it's got some simularity with the one above here.
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 22-12-2008 00:01
Posted by Louis Boumans on 25-12-2008 20:09
#5
It looks like the lower one has much longer and stronger setae. My guess would be that that one is a Stratiomyidae.
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 26-12-2008 20:21
#6
Thank you Louis,
Interesting Stratiomyidae larvae
Robert
Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-12-2008 21:31
#7
I think that the lower larva is much more likely to be something like
Pericoma (Psychodidae). I don't think it's a strat. The upper larva may be a psychodid too, but I'm not sure.