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 Metriocnemus purple to brown larvae
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| solito de solis |
Posted on 27-06-2015 10:27
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 Member Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 404 Joined: 05.08.13 |
Hi, everyone I wish to know if the colour of a Orthocladiinae larva is a specific features that could help for its determination I found this larvae (there wer a lot of its) in acidic water of a sphagnum marsh (pH 4 ) and I already could say that this is a Orthocladiinae larvae but to go further... the colour ? What's is th nature of this colour ?  thank you SDS Edited by solito de solis on 16-10-2015 09:56 |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 27-06-2015 16:47
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
I think this is Metriocnemus, some species do have these purple coloration. I also think I see short antenna, which fit for Metriocnemus too |
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| solito de solis |
Posted on 27-06-2015 23:14
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Member Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 404 Joined: 05.08.13 |
Merci beaucoup can we go further with these pictures  (short antenna)    Are Metriocnemus hygropetricus or Metriocnemus cavicola possible ? Nevertheless, I'm already happy SDS SDS Edited by solito de solis on 27-06-2015 23:17 |
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| solito de solis |
Posted on 27-06-2015 23:50
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Member Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 404 Joined: 05.08.13 |
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| solito de solis |
Posted on 15-10-2015 23:16
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Member Location: Liege, Belgium Posts: 404 Joined: 05.08.13 |
hey this is a new brand clip video about these larvae YouTube Video cordialement SDS   
Edited by solito de solis on 16-10-2015 17:10 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-10-2015 21:31
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It might be worth checking whether these magnificent colours are due to an iridovirus, although I understand that studies on chironomids attacked by iridoviruses show that they do not normally display the bright colours that other invertebrates do. (See p.256 of Yoshinori Tanada, Harry K. Kaya - 2012 - Insect Pathology.)
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| atylotus |
Posted on 16-10-2015 23:35
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Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1166 Joined: 29.05.09 |
This is the typical color pattern within Metriocnemus hygropeticus agg. I have never seen any other colorpattern within this complex So I don't think it's a virus. |
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