Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pupae of Cecidomyiidae? 2015-03-28, N. Germany

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 31-12-2015 23:54
#1
Hi,

could these pupae possibly be Cecidomyiidae? It's just a guess based on the colour...

I know you can't see very much, but maybe it's enough.

Thanks in advance.

Lennart

Length about 1,5 mm.

2015-03-28, Northern Germany, S-H, Mohrkirch, fallow land, in a wood pile on a piece of wood
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 31-12-2015 23:55

Posted by Lennart Bendixen on 31-12-2015 23:55
#2
second picture
Edited by Lennart Bendixen on 31-12-2015 23:56

Posted by Even Dankowicz on 21-02-2019 16:36
#3
Somebody in Sciaroidea, for sure -- the cocoon-building and body shape are distinctive.