Thread subject: Diptera.info :: yellow diptera? larvae

Posted by Michael Becker on 26-01-2009 06:29
#1
Hello,

this 7-8mm larvae is from two days ago from the pith of an old Cirsium arvense stem near Cologne.

I'm not even sure whether it's a diptera larvae. Is it? Perhaps Tephritidae?

Thanks,
Michael

Posted by Cranefly on 26-01-2009 10:43
#2
Not Tephritidae surely, if the substratum was decayed it may be some Sciara (in case it is Diptera).

Posted by Michael Becker on 26-01-2009 12:50
#3
Thank you for your answer,

the substrate was indeed decaying. The thistle was from last summer and has been dead for 2 or 3 month, and got some heavy frost in january. The larvae were found in the humid base of the stem.

Michael