Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ephydrinae Setacera grazing

Posted by solito de solis on 18-04-2017 12:11
#1
Through the previous and pragmatic help of Atylotus, I could easily ID this diptera larvae
And better, I can observe this larva alive, grazing and shredding green and filamentuous algae

rodredi.free.fr/ephy/set/ephyset0.jpg

rodredi.free.fr/ephy/set/ephyset2.JPG

and the video



YouTube Video


thanks
SDS
Edited by solito de solis on 18-04-2017 12:12

Posted by Cranefly on 12-05-2017 06:42
#2
Dear Solito!
Many thanks for this wonderful video. It is really very interesting and beautiful! SmileTumbsUp

Posted by solito de solis on 13-05-2017 22:28
#3
Thank you Cranefly
Here is the must
Video clip on the latest moments of a larva
just becoming a pupa and fixing itself in a wood piece crack
Another one, older pupa is fixed on a Lemna stem
All these larvae were found in a very green sample: many Stentors polymorphus rotifers (clusters) and the very nice flatworm Dalyellia viridis(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urq1i3goepo)
These Setacera larvae and pupae were very nice to observe

YouTube Video



rodredi.free.fr/setace.JPG
rodredi.free.fr/setcd.JPG


Great to be here
SDS
Edited by solito de solis on 13-05-2017 23:31