Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Syrphidae larva
Posted by Arthropa on 29-03-2007 22:39
#1
Hello,
This
Syrphidae larva looks like some
Episyrphus larva one can find on internet.
(Boulogne (France) - 17th May 2006 - 12 mm long)
What do you think about it ? :)
Edited by Arthropa on 29-03-2007 22:42
Posted by Arthropa on 06-04-2007 18:03
#2
Up... ;)
No opinion, anyone ?...
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-04-2007 18:44
#3
Might be
Melangyna cincta.
Posted by Arthropa on 06-04-2007 20:35
#4
Wooww... Never met this one before, or at least never identified any of my syrphids as
Melangyna... Shall I begin with a larva ? :D
Well, I easily imagine identifying larva is really difficult without rearing to imago, so I probably won't ever be certain of anything ?
Thanks Paul :)
Posted by pierred on 06-04-2007 20:46
#5
Beno?t,
Do you use the Rotheray ? I don't think one is able to do without it for Syrphidae larvae.
[Tu as le Rotheray ? On ne peut rien faire de raisonnable sans lui.]
Posted by Arthropa on 06-04-2007 23:25
#6
pierred wrote:
Beno?t,
Do you use the Rotheray ? I don't think one is able to do without it for Syrphidae larvae.
[Tu as le Rotheray ? On ne peut rien faire de raisonnable sans lui.]
I don't.
In fact, I don't have any valuable book dealing with diptera : I as yet only try to learn some tricks from people who know more, and from trust-worth websites, but most of the time, I only have some "visual comparisons" to hypothethize IDs for my flies !
That's why some of them may sometime appear pure fantasy !...
...sur tous les fronts, Pierre ! ;)
Posted by Paul Beuk on 06-04-2007 23:32
#7
Arthropa wrote:
That's why some of them may sometime appear pure fantasy !...
Hence the fantastic images. :D