Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is this a cuticle of dipteran larva?

Posted by cdzhu on 12-10-2011 09:25
#1

Dear Colleagues,

I'm writing to inquire the identity of attached SEM picture of the cuticle.

Thanks for your time.

cdz

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-10-2011 16:47
#2

Hard to say, really, but I can imagine a stratiomyid larval cuticule might look like that.

Posted by Andrzej on 12-10-2011 20:14
#3

hmm, maybe an egg chorion ??