Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera larva to ID

Posted by kristobal21 on 05-01-2013 11:58
#1

I found this larva under a fallen branch last week, in the East of France. Is it an Anisopodidae larva ?

Posted by atylotus on 05-01-2013 15:33
#2

hard to tell, although to me it looks more like a Chironomidae (Orthocladiinae). Was the ground/branch wet or dry?

Posted by kristobal21 on 05-01-2013 16:25
#3

The branch was wet, due to the rain. The branch was fallen in my garden, so this is not a permanent wet zone.

Posted by John Carr on 11-01-2013 02:46
#4

Anisopodidae larvae have secondary segmentation, not evident here.