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Diptera.info :: Diptera pupae?--> earthworm coccoons
Posted by
rafael_carbonell
on 23-06-2013 00:57
#1
They were found while digging a hole for a tree, june the 14th 2013 (Iberia peninsula: Catalonia: Girona: Albanyà: Lliurona). They have about 2.5 cm in length. Could them be syrphidae?
Edited by
rafael_carbonell
on 23-06-2013 19:22
Posted by
atylotus
on 23-06-2013 18:32
#2
no diptera. To me it looks more like the egg-cases (cocoons) of earthworms (Lumbricidae)
Posted by
rafael_carbonell
on 23-06-2013 19:18
#3
I see, you're right!!
http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/ANNELIDAa.htm
Thanks,
Rafael