Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipula larva

Posted by atylotus on 25-01-2010 10:52
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yes, they are very interesting, for I have only seen these specimens in my 20 years of experience in aquatic invertebrates. My T. juncea larvae were found in a flood plain pool along the river Rhine which were created just after a high water discharge. So they were probably washed from the sandy banks into the pools. Maybe if I do some collecting in more terrestrial habitats, then maybe.....