Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Egg larvae in freshwater

Posted by Dauges on 30-05-2019 16:44
#1

Hi there,
I'm French and passionate of microscopy so you'll not see me often on the forum ! But we (microscopists) meet small insects and (insect's pieces).
I found this egg in water running from a small peat bog (671 yards high, in hilly country, middle of France) .
It hatched 2 days after ( I maintained the preparation in a humid box).
I think that it's a diptera egg and larva. Have somebody any idea of the ID, I know that it 'll be difficult.
Thanks in advance.
Philippe

Posted by Dauges on 30-05-2019 16:48
#2

Two pictures of the egg

Posted by Dauges on 30-05-2019 16:49
#3

number two

Posted by Dauges on 30-05-2019 16:50
#4

A crop showing the head

Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-05-2019 17:39
#5

From what I can make out, this is a chironomid larva.