Thread subject: Diptera.info :: white larva in rotting log

Posted by Carnifex on 06-02-2021 08:43
#1
At least family level possible? Length about 2cm. In a park in Vienna

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Edited by Carnifex on 20-11-2022 21:33

Posted by Jozef Obona on 06-02-2021 10:56
#2
this is similar - but...

https://diptera.info/photogallery.php?photo_id=5143


for future - trey to reared it....

Posted by Jozef Obona on 06-02-2021 10:58
#3
or young not sclerotized xylophagidae larvae ?

Posted by Carnifex on 06-02-2021 13:37
#4
These are interesting options!
And who says I am not trying to rear it ;-)

Posted by Ectemnius on 06-02-2021 15:32
#5
Hi Carnifex,

Because it lack a pharyngeal skeleton I'd say one of the more primitive flies. It looks quite a lot like the Asilid larvae in https://www.resea.../343188758. Although that subfamily is not found here.

Kind regards,
Ectemnius