Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Microdon larva

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 21-09-2019 16:28
#1
Hello,
is species ID of this larva possible? It looks like Microdon analis in the gallery.
Yesterday I found it under decaying wood together with some fleeing ants in Saxony in Germany.
How do these flat larvae capture their pray? They do not look very mobile. Do they wait until an ant larva appears near their mouth parts?
Thanks, Marion

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 21-09-2019 16:29
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2nd picture

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 21-09-2019 16:30
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3rd picture

Posted by Jan Maca on 21-09-2019 16:53
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How do these flat larvae capture their pray?
See the interesting article by B. Barr, 1995 in Dipterists Digest (2nd Ser.) 2: 21-36.

Posted by Marion Friedrich on 22-09-2019 19:48
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Thank you for the literature source, Jan.

Marion