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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-07-2006 23:27

See this one picture with care.

There are some insects that I would be very appreciated to identify all.
Please see the notes so you can know which number is indicated for each insect. Thank you.

3 and 4 - possible Mosquito larvae??

2 - Not dipter, I think... so which is this?

1 - Dipter, of course. :) But I don't know family.

http://flickr.com...183586310/

To see it larger go:

http://flickr.com...310&size=l

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-07-2006 23:59

Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-07-2006 00:14

3 and 4 are mosquito larvae. 2 is a collembolan. 1 is probably Muscidae. And the little fly to the left is Hydrellia (Ephydridae).
At first I wondered whether no.1 was Notiphila (Ephydridae), but it has four pairs of dorsocentral bristles, is too shiny, is standing too high, with the wings not fully overlapping, and has conspicuously wide orbits. (It has the wrong jizz

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Tony

Posted by paqui on 07-07-2006 22:58

oops, in case of culicidae probably anophelinae; they don?t have (siphon? so they are horizontally under water, while culicinae are in a more vertical position