Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which kind of insect?

Posted by Josef Buecker on 20-06-2008 22:28
#1
Hello Forum,

this larva (?) was in a drop of brownish water (left part), that was fixed on a leaf of Phalaris arundinacea. It became visible, when I removed the water (right part).

Does anybody know, what kind of insect it is? A larva of coleoptera?

Hagen, NRW, Germany, alder marshland, 175 msm, June 17th 2008

Best regards, Josef

Posted by socrates on 21-06-2008 06:17
#2
yes..looks like a coleopterous larva to me.

Posted by John Bratton on 21-06-2008 11:15
#3
It looks like either a chrysomelid or a weevil, though I don't know any that feed on Phalaris.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 21-06-2008 11:50
#4
Oulema melanopa feeds on Phalaris. This larva looks very like it!

Posted by Josef Buecker on 21-06-2008 18:24
#5
Thanks to Socrates, John and especially to Tony. Josef

Posted by Sue Southway on 24-06-2008 16:35
#6
Definitely Oulema melanopa, they cover themselves in their own excrement for defence, and there are a lot about this year leaving little splodges on my jeans as I walk through wheat crops!!
SueSmile