Posted by mwkozlowski on 20-04-2010 15:20
#1
happy devil's face of a larva from wet meadow, Warsaw PL
Edited by mwkozlowski on 27-04-2010 19:04
Posted by atylotus on 20-04-2010 17:04
#2
to me it doesn't like like a Nephrotoma at all. It resembles more a Tipula (Tipula) species. In Nephrotoma, the dorsal anal lobes aren't pigmented like this and aren't chitinized. There is, at most, only some small darker spots of pigmentation on the (reduced) chitined part, just around the posterior spiracles (see photo).
Sorry for the pink part (over-exposed pair of tweezers), it is just a snap-shot.
Edited by atylotus on 20-04-2010 17:06
Posted by mwkozlowski on 26-04-2010 07:35
#3
thanks, could we say therefore Tipula sp.?