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Silverfish Larva

Lepisma saccharina

Description:

Perhaps 1cm long? In pics 3-5 they can be compared to the other much smaller larvae.

Habitat:

Found under upturned bricks on riverbank.

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3 Comments

Tanks for the info, I have updated the spotting and added that the brick was on a riverbank so ideal conditions.
If anyone knows what the smaller ones might be I can create another spotting for those, I'll try to enlarge them some more..

Jellis
Jellis 7 years ago


I agree a Thysanura family

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Looks like a silverfish

São Gonçalo de Lagos, Algarve, Portugal

Spotted on Jan 2, 2017
Submitted on Feb 17, 2017

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