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 Larva ID Please
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| Subhajit Roy |
Posted on 08-08-2014 18:37
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Member Location: Durgapur, INDIA Posts: 204 Joined: 28.04.14 |
Larva seen in a small dirty water body in Durgapur, INDIA
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| John Carr |
Posted on 08-08-2014 19:10
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10176 Joined: 22.10.10 |
It resembles a midge larva (Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae), having a contrasting head capsule with eyespot. I don't know of any midge larvae with anterior but not posterior prolegs. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-08-2014 20:40
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
My initial reaction was Coleoptera, but we'd need a better photo to say anything meaningful
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 08-08-2014 20:43
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1140 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I would say a beetle larvae within the family Hydrophilidae. In Europe I would say something like Enochrus, Helochares, Hydrobius etc. but in your faunal area? What is the approximate size? |
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