Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Weevil with wart?

Posted by lagura on 25-04-2009 00:40
#1
I found this Strophosoma melanogrammum when I was out on a walk last weekend. Nothing strange as I have seen this species many times. But this one has somthing on its snout. A wart? Or what? Can anyone shed some light?

Photo taken 12 April
Edited by lagura on 25-04-2009 00:41

Posted by Moo on 25-04-2009 03:55
#2
A mite maybe?

Posted by pwalter on 25-04-2009 12:15
#3
Uropodina larva (mite)

Posted by lagura on 25-04-2009 23:49
#4
Thank you both! This is the first circular larva I've seen :)

Posted by pwalter on 26-04-2009 20:25
#5
These are interesting larvae: they're attached to the host via an appendage coming out from their anus - hence the name ('Uro' 'pes'=leg). This can be quite long.