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 Sciara militaris and a stowaway passenger larvae
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| jaho |
Posted on 19-06-2013 16:34
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 Member Location: Warsaw Posts: 78 Joined: 11.11.11 |
Found this pleń larvae formation of Scaria militaris in Bieszczady Mountains this year on 14.06. There was one larvae which seemed to sneak in the formation as a stowaway. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-06-2013 19:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Image?
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| jaho |
Posted on 24-06-2013 23:17
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Member Location: Warsaw Posts: 78 Joined: 11.11.11 |
Hope this time it works...
jaho attached the following image:  [81.81Kb] |
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| Cotinis |
Posted on 28-12-2025 20:40
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Very interesting. I saw several similar larvae being carried along with a moving mass of Sciaridae in Durham, North Carolina (USA), 17 June 2025. An expert correspondent identified them as something in the Schizophora. I speculate this is an actual symbiotic (or predatory?) associate, as there were several of these larvae in the moving mass, and they made no effort to move out of it. iNaturalist observation: https://www.inatu.../291125656 I retained several specimens in 70% ethanol and will work on some more detailed images. Hints about what structures to look at would be helpful. In the not-too-distant future I hope to isolate DNA for barcoding from these and the Sciarids. Edit. Attaching image (600 pixel width). Please see iNaturalist link for full size images. Cotinis attached the following image:  [143.44Kb] Edited by Cotinis on 28-12-2025 20:54 |
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