Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae larva ?

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 15-10-2004 19:32
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Hello Benoit,
No, it is not a tipulid larva.
Most of the larval Diptera don't have a clear head like this one has!
Especially not the more 'higher' Diptera families!
This is not even a Diptera, I think this is a Lepidoptera larva, so a caterpillar! If you can check its belly to see whether it has pseudo-legs (visible on your pictures?), that will make it almost definitely a caterpillar (in that case you can only mistake it with a sawfly larva, who also has pseudo-legs)
Greetings,
Gerard

Edited by Gerard Pennards on 15-10-2004 19:33