Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tipulidae larva?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-01-2007 01:54
#1
Hello!

I found this 10-15 mm long larva tonight in 2 m height in moss on the cherry tree in our garden (Ostwestfalen/Germany). Am I right, when I assume that it belongs somewhere near Tipulidae? Thanks!


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www.foto-upload.de/diptera/070129/Tipulidae_spp_L_15mm_3.jpg

Posted by Chen Young on 02-03-2007 00:35
#2
Yes, it is a crane fly larva. Based on the six visible spiracular disc lobes indicates it is in the family Tipulidae. Also there are no long hairs around the lobes indicates a terrestrial species. Wish I knew which species this beauty turns into.

Chen

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-03-2007 02:35
#3
Hello, Chen!

Chen Young wrote:
Yes, it is a crane fly larva. Based on the six visible spiracular disc lobes indicates it is in the family Tipulidae. Also there are no long hairs around the lobes indicates a terrestrial species.


Thanks a lot for your explanations! I was very surprised to find it high in a tree...

Posted by Andrius on 04-03-2007 15:16
#4
This is indeed larva of Tipulidae and to be more precise - Tipula subgenus Savtchenkia, but it is impossible to give a species name...