Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera pupae?--> earthworm coccoons

Posted by rafael_carbonell on 23-06-2013 01:57
#1
They were found while digging a hole for a tree, june the 14th 2013 (Iberia peninsula: Catalonia: Girona: Albanyà: Lliurona). They have about 2.5 cm in length. Could them be syrphidae?
Edited by rafael_carbonell on 23-06-2013 20:22

Posted by atylotus on 23-06-2013 19:32
#2
no diptera. To me it looks more like the egg-cases (cocoons) of earthworms (Lumbricidae)

Posted by rafael_carbonell on 23-06-2013 20:18
#3
I see, you're right!!
http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/ANNELIDAa.htm

Thanks,
Rafael