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 Hydrophorus borealis prey.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 15-09-2006 17:40
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9512 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Moscow region, 14 sept. I think it is Olygochaeta? How to exclude Chironomidae? Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [78.68Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 15-09-2006 20:38
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi Nikita I agree with you that it is Oligochaeta (a freshwater worm), rather than Chironomidae. There is what looks very like a chironomid head capsule at one end of the prey, but the rest of the body is the wrong texture and the wrong colour (in my experience!  )I don't know it is not a chironomid, but my first reaction was "oligochaete" and my first reactions are (usually) right - there's several years of studying chironomid larvae working subconsciously to produce that reaction!) [insert modesty smiley here  ]
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 15-09-2006 20:54
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9512 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Tony. Tomorrow I'll collected some... Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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