Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly larva?

Posted by ivanpancic on 22-08-2011 09:41
#1
Who can help to identify this larva?
Feeding wild roses(Rosa canina)
Location The Czar's Pool(Carska Bara),the special reservation area,18 km from Zrenjanin,Serbia
Date 01.08.2011.
Thank you.
Ivan

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-08-2011 10:21
#2
Presumable a sawfly larva. If you hyad checked further, you'd seen there are legs to the thoracic segments. Diptera larvae never had true legs. Further, I do not think there will be many Diptera larva who will protect themselves in this way, by curling up.

Posted by ivanpancic on 22-08-2011 15:22
#3
Thanks Paul Beuk.
Regards Ivan

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-08-2011 23:39
#4
This is a Symphyta larva, so a sawfly.

Posted by ivanpancic on 24-08-2011 14:06
#5
Thank you jorgemotalmeida.
Ivan