Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Soldier fly larva ?
Posted by
LordV on 12-11-2007 08:53
#1
Found about 5 of these on the underside of a windfall apple. About 6mm body length.
Think they are soldier fly larvae ?
Think the pointy part is the head
Lateral and dorsal views.
Brian V.
#2
Right on both counts. I have no literature here to point you in the direction of the genus, though.
#3
It could be Hermetia illucens.
Posted by
LordV on 12-11-2007 09:36
#4
Thanks for the ID confirmation
Probably doesn't mean much but the only soldier fly adult I've spotted in this part of the garden is Sargus bipunctatus. Mind you they were around fairly recently.
Brian V.
#5
I doubt about Sargus... the last segment is not so plain as a Hermetia; the head is longer than a head of an usual Sargus. And the Sargus usually has almost the same width in all body, except for 1st, last segment and the head.
#6
do you have any ventral view shot for this larva, Brian?
Posted by
LordV on 12-11-2007 09:50
#7
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
do you have any ventral view shot for this larva, Brian?
Fraid not Jorge - I try not to disturb bugs I'm photographing
Brian V.
#8
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
It could be Hermetia illucens.
that tends to be cream in colour