Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sea larva

Posted by Isidro on 23-12-2007 16:46
#1

I've found this larvae in the same day and zone where are fotographed these flies:

http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=10393

http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=10394

I thinks that almost sure is the larvae of one of these two sea fly species, but which one?

aycu13.webshots.com/image/37772/2005914161716034723_rs.jpg

Thanks.

Edited by Isidro on 24-12-2007 13:18

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-12-2007 20:29
#2

Plz, get the picture in. ;)

Posted by Isidro on 24-12-2007 13:19
#3

Ooooops :p you're right! Now is well done.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 24-12-2007 22:07
#4

This looks more like a chironomid larva, rather than a dolichopodid or canaceid. There are a couple of marine species it could be.

Posted by Isidro on 25-12-2007 00:52
#5

More species in the same area of three or four meters???
This is diversity! Well, Chironomidae at the moment...
Thanks a lot....

Can diptera larvae live in sea water? This one is floating in the surface, but I thinks that most probably failed to the water from the algae of the rocks... only sometimes covered with the sea water...

Edited by Isidro on 25-12-2007 00:55