Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Water diptera larva, Hungary1
Posted by pwalter on 05-03-2009 20:54
#1
Hi, this was a large larva, 'round 4 cm I think. Stratiomyidae? Mountain area, NE Hungary, small temporary pond, May. Can anyone tell me what the beatle is? Hydrophilidae?
Posted by Xespok on 05-03-2009 21:01
#2
I think the beetle is not Hydrophilidae, but Dytiscidae, a predator.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 05-03-2009 22:58
#3
The larva is Stratiomyidae - probably
Stratiomys
Posted by John Bratton on 07-03-2009 13:16
#4
The beetle is probably a Hydroporus. Was the larva alive? It looks like a cast skin, so the beetle may have been scavenging on it.
Posted by pwalter on 08-03-2009 20:57
#5
Thanks for everyone! Yes, the larva seemed to be a cast skin or maybe long dead.
Posted by John Bratton on 08-03-2009 22:30
#6
The beetle is about 8 mm so too big for Hydroporus. I'll revise that to Agabus or Ilybius.