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Larve

#1 Post by vasselle » Sun Aug 19, 2018 4:36 pm

Hello everyone.
An observation of a larva found in a river water sample.
The larva is about 5 mm long.


Photo 1.
Plan 4 X fond noir.
Pano de 15 vues.
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Photo 2.
Plan 10 X fond noir.
Empilement de 21 vues.
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Photo 3.
Plan 10 X fond noir.
Empilement de 18 vues.
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Photo 4.
Plan 20 X fond clair.
Empilement de 29 vues.
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Re: Larve

#2 Post by Aenima » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:11 pm

wow - amazing images :o :shock: :)

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Re: Larve

#3 Post by 75RR » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:01 am

Great detail!
Tried unsuccessfully to id it. Anyone know what it is?
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#4 Post by GaryB » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:54 am

Excellent!

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#5 Post by vasselle » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:11 pm

thank you all.
And here are 4 new pictures.

Photo 5.
plan 20 X fond clair.
Empilement de 8 vues.
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Photo 6.
Plan 20 X fond clair.
Empilement de 10 vues.
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Photo 7.
Plan 20 X fond clair.
Empilement de 11 vues.
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Photo 8.
Plan 20 X fond clair.
Empilement de 24 vues.
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Re: Larve

#6 Post by SunshineLW » Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:51 pm

DUDE! Legit!

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Re: Larve

#7 Post by actinophrys » Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:08 am

Seb, an interesting find and nicely shown.
75RR, this is an immature fly. The problem IDing it is that it is not strictly a larva but a pupa, as shown by the developing wings, and these can look a fair bit different. I do not know a general guide, but this one looks a lot like pictures of Ceratopogonidae (punkies, no-see-ums, or biting midges), which share the same sort of abdominal spines and forward projections.

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#8 Post by vasselle » Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:22 pm

Thank you all.
Thanks a lot actinophrys for the explanations because I did not know at all what it was

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Re: Larve

#9 Post by 75RR » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:26 am

actinophrys wrote: 75RR, this is an immature fly. The problem IDing it is that it is not strictly a larva but a pupa, as shown by the developing wings, and these can look a fair bit different. I do not know a general guide, but this one looks a lot like pictures of Ceratopogonidae (punkies, no-see-ums, or biting midges), which share the same sort of abdominal spines and forward projections.
Thanks actinophrys, had not allowed for an intermediate stage. I imagine a sequence of drawings from egg through larva through pupa would be handy.
In the meantime found this:

https://www.researchgate.net/publicatio ... in_Germany
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