Posted by Gerrit Oehm on 10-08-2012 14:27
#1
I found this larva on Petasites hybridus in northern Germany, lower saxony,
last week.
Which family/genus/ could it be?
Gerrit
Edited by Gerrit Oehm on 01-10-2012 20:21
Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-08-2012 23:11
#3
Larvae that are this colour usually turn out to be Cecidomyiidae. There are many free-living species that don't form galls. They are either predators or feed on fungi. I suspect that your larva is an aphid feeder.
Posted by Gerrit Oehm on 11-08-2012 13:30
#4
In this case I would rather suspect that it feeds on fungi -
do you see the orange dots? I think it is a fungi, and it is spread all over Petasites hybridus, where I found the larva.
Thanks for your help!