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 Bibionidae?
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 19-11-2013 00:54
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 761 Joined: 17.10.06 |
sorry for the quality. Observed in the begining of November in a garden in Poland (Wrocław). I know similar Bibionidae, these look some odd.
mwkozlowski attached the following image:  [145.06Kb] Edited by mwkozlowski on 19-11-2013 00:58 very general entomologist |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 19-11-2013 09:24
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1140 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I think so too. This aggregation of larvae are fairly typical. I know of no other family than Bibionidae showing this pattern |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 19-11-2013 15:44
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10175 Joined: 22.10.10 |
atylotus wrote: I think so too. This aggregation of larvae are fairly typical. I know of no other family than Bibionidae showing this pattern In North America larvae of some Sciaridae migrate in large masses. Sciaridae would have a contrasting, dark head capsule which I do not see here. |
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