Posted by Gerrit Oehm on 27-04-2022 18:16
#1
I found this larvae in between leaves of Lathyrus tuberosus in the Rhön region in central Germany on an agricultural field. Any ideas what it might be? Here are more photos:
https://www.inatu...s/97332620
Edit: Thanks John for the comment- should I take it out of this forum then into the other folder?
Edited by Gerrit Oehm on 28-04-2022 07:21
Posted by John v on 28-04-2022 05:36
#2
Hi Gerrit, looking at this photo and your others on iNaturalist I do not think this is a fly larva. In this photo as well as the one on iNaturalist here --
https://www.inatu.../161853074, you can see dark knobs on the thoracic segments that would appear to be leg stubs. Also on both photos I think I can partly make out a black head capsule although the head is never in full view. And, those almost look like ampullae (essentially, dorsal prolegs) on the back of the larva. Taking all those things together, I would guess beetle larva.
Edited by John v on 28-04-2022 05:38