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Hello,

I shot some videos underwater last sunday to illustrate life in a puddle.

Here are some views catch from these videos.

The quality is very bad but I begin with this lens totally manual. I think I was out of focus ...

Anyway, I see two kinds of larva :

white one's on the bottom : are they dead ?
red bloody one's, very active ! Could it be Ceratopogonidae, as described in this page ?

I give you the link to this video in which can be seen ostracods ("white ghosts" : https://youtu.be/e9sSdPl0uFc

sorry for the bad quality again ...

Thanks in advance

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the red one

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I have uploaded bigger size pictures ... may be ... ?

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I only see larvae of Ceratopogonidae. At least the ones with the dark brown head

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OK, very good!!
Thank you so much!!

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Hello,

I'm back to get some advice.

The first link above related to the article about Ceratopogonidae tells :




Is it possible to assume this identification from those pictures including the video ? I don't recall that, in this place, occur biting midges, ... may be floricultural behaviors instead of blood drinking are more probable .. ??

Thanks in advance !

Nota bene : I made another video about this larva ...