Thread subject: Diptera.info :: PREDATORY LARVA

Posted by Hubert Polacek on 20-06-2006 16:09
#1
Hello! Yesterday I found this larva hunting for aphids. Don't you know to what species does it belong (Syrphidae?) Thanks. Hubert

Posted by Susan R Walter on 20-06-2006 19:09
#2
Hubert

This is a really wonderful series of photographs. Only sorry I can't help with ID. I would guess Syrphid too, but I don't really know.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-06-2006 19:18
#3
I would say a species of Syrphus.

Posted by Hubert Polacek on 21-06-2006 07:21
#4
Thank you Susan and Paul especially Smile I was not sure about Syrphid, therefore I had sent the picture to more common forum.

Posted by elck on 21-06-2006 07:32
#5
Sorry not such a good picture, but here is the revenge:
Syrphid larva eaten by Anatis ocellata larva
Edited by elck on 21-06-2006 07:33

Posted by Robert Nash on 21-06-2006 13:25
#6
Yes Syrphidae A specialist for larvae is Graham Rotheray ger@nms.ac.uk I am sure he would be delighted to see your astonishingShock photos.


Posted by Hubert Polacek on 21-06-2006 16:40
#7
2elck: Try to guess Shock)