Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Limoniidae – terrestrial larva and pupa (4 pics)

Posted by atylotus on 11-04-2011 16:15
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I do not recognize the genus or species although Limonia was the first thing that came up. The first thing is that larva do not hatch, but the pupa are. You have photographed a pupa with these pronotal horns on both sides and I think I see the adult abdomen sticking out of the pupa, although this is quit unusual, for the pupal skin opens at the thorax. Do you still have the larval skin and what is the size of the pupa?