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another unknown larva...=> eventually Dilophus?
Lennart Bendixen
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Posted on 20-03-2015 06:25
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Hi,

has someone got an idea about this larva? I guess it's a midge, but which family? Unfortunately I cannot remember its length, but it could have been sth about 7mm.


Thank you!

Lennart

2015-03-14, Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, found a few cm underground while digging on a meadow
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here's another picture
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looks a bit like Dilophus (Bibionidae) but not sure.
 
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Thank you for your guess, atylotus!
Greetings,
Lennart
 
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