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 Larva/pupa on leaf 6mm
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| blowave |
Posted on 19-12-2009 20:13
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Hello again! This was on top of a Camellia leaf on the west side of my house, approx. 6mm long, looks like a bird dropping. I saw it for several days but it disappeared after heavy rain. Pics from 30th and 31st October. It looks like a fly to me, might be wrong though. Location, a few miles south of Lincoln UK. Janet  |
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| blowave |
Posted on 19-12-2009 20:14
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On 31st October |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 20-12-2009 17:28
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doesn't look like a fly. The body seems too soft and on the right hand side it seems as if there is something like a pair of compound eyes in development. So I'll guess it is more like a Hemiptera/Homoptera. |
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| blowave |
Posted on 20-12-2009 18:52
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Thanks for the suggestions atylotus. It was because of the eyes I had thought it could be a dipteran larva, but I know nothing much about those. I would have thought the eyes were too big for Hemiptera/Homoptera, and as far as I am aware most go through many nymph stages from small eggs, not a pupating stage like this. Any other suggestions welcomed. |
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