Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tipuloid pupae

Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-06-2010 09:36
#1

Can anyone put a name to these pupae? - about 25 mm long, in very rotten wood. Norfolk, England, June 2010
Thanks

Edited by Tony Irwin on 25-06-2010 09:37

Posted by atylotus on 25-06-2010 10:23
#2

my best guess would be something like Dictenidia or Ctenophora. Both genera have these forwardly curved thoracic horns.

Edited by atylotus on 25-06-2010 10:23

Posted by Tony Irwin on 25-06-2010 18:36
#3

Many thanks! :)