Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chaoboridae larva ID
Posted by samikoo on 03-12-2016 18:00
#1
Any possibility to identify this Chaoborus larva form Finland? Thanks in advance.
Posted by atylotus on 05-12-2016 11:35
#2
Difficult to say withouth a detailed photo of the head showing the labral blade and mandibels. Please check this forum question:
http://www.dipter...d_id=26703
BTW: Very Nice photo
Edited by atylotus on 05-12-2016 11:35
Posted by samikoo on 06-12-2016 20:23
#3
Thanks. This photo show a little bit more but maybe not enough?
Posted by atylotus on 07-12-2016 13:07
#4
It seems as if the labral blade has coarse teeth and does not have an elongated distal end, so this must be C. obscuripes. Both flavicans and cristallinus have an elongated distal end. The mandibleteeth cannot be studied but they appear to be dark.
Posted by samikoo on 07-12-2016 17:04
#5
Many thanks. Also the dorsal process of abdominal segment IX and the number of rays in anal fan seem to fit for C. obscuripes.