Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Larvae in a trash of rotten herbs

Posted by Marcello on 21-11-2013 22:17
#1

I found 5 of this larvae inside the trash, there was rotten herbs. They are long about 5mm.

21.11.2013 - North Italy

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Thanks for the help!

Ciao,
Marcello

Posted by Sara21392 on 22-11-2013 08:18
#2

What kind of larva it is? Vermiform or what?
I seem it has fluorescent by the spots on its thorax. True?

Posted by Marcello on 22-11-2013 08:38
#3

Hi Sara, yes, it's vermiform, look like a Sarcophagidae.
In transparency one can see the "veins" of intense white, but I didn't understand the fluorescent part which you are referring to.

Thanks!

Ciao,
Marcello

Posted by Marcello on 02-12-2013 15:51
#4

After some research, from the posterior spiracles look like more a Calliphoridae, late 3rd instar.

Marcello