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 Solved - Wormlion larva - Vermileo vermileo
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| Benus |
Posted on 22-01-2012 03:30
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 26 Joined: 11.01.12 |
Hi, any chance to identify this specimen? Found in Tuscany, Italy. 500m height, 25km from the sea, they cope with soil that often is flooded by rain, all the winter is moist. If I remember well it was around 15mm in lenght. To download the photo: ---> http://farm8.stat...ed45_o.jpg To see it on flickr: ---------> http://www.flickr...hotostream  - Benus attached the following image:  [89.33Kb] Edited by Benus on 19-02-2012 11:30 |
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| Christian Kehlmaier |
Posted on 30-01-2012 10:17
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 Member Location: Dresden - Germany Posts: 112 Joined: 19.07.04 |
Tuscany should still be Vermileo vermileo territory. Additional species occur more south. Vermileo larvae are easy to breed. Did you take any with you? |
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| Benus |
Posted on 01-02-2012 03:36
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 26 Joined: 11.01.12 |
Hi Christian! Thank you for your the help, I haven't taken any of them, when I've take the photo I was living there so it was normal to see them every day, even without knowing what they are. In the exact point of the photo there was a big area covered by them. I think because it was a place rich of cherry-honeydew, so there was a colony of Lasius sp. , one of Formica fusca and one of Crematogaster scutellaris serching the area. Edited by Benus on 01-02-2012 03:38 |
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