Posted by Louis Boumans on 04-09-2010 19:22
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Someone showed me a picture of shining blue craneflies lately. I'm quite convinced that the blue colour comes from an infection with Iridovirus. This phenomenon is known from tipulid and chironomid larvae, among others, and is also quite common in adult woodlice (esp. Porcellio scaber).
Has anyone else seen blue diptera that normally have a different colour?
Edited by Louis Boumans on 13-09-2010 15:21