Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which kind of insect?
Posted by Josef Buecker on 20-06-2008 23:28
#1
Hello Forum,
this larva (?) was in a drop of brownish water (left part), that was fixed on a leaf of Phalaris arundinacea. It became visible, when I removed the water (right part).
Does anybody know, what kind of insect it is? A larva of coleoptera?
Hagen, NRW, Germany, alder marshland, 175 msm, June 17th 2008
Best regards, Josef
Posted by socrates on 21-06-2008 07:17
#2
yes..looks like a coleopterous larva to me.
Posted by John Bratton on 21-06-2008 12:15
#3
It looks like either a chrysomelid or a weevil, though I don't know any that feed on Phalaris.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 21-06-2008 12:50
#4
Oulema melanopa feeds on
Phalaris. This larva looks very like it!
Posted by Josef Buecker on 21-06-2008 19:24
#5
Thanks to Socrates, John and especially to Tony. Josef
Posted by Sue Southway on 24-06-2008 17:35
#6
Definitely
Oulema melanopa, they cover themselves in their own excrement for defence, and there are a lot about this year leaving little splodges on my jeans as I walk through wheat crops!!
Sue:)