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long-horned general larvae

Stratiomys longicornis

Description:

Family Stratiomyidae, it has no legs, moving quickly, 3-4 cm in lenght, on second picture is head...

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11 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

i needed some help of other people to find id, never saw this before, also I forgot what i learnt in school.. :) but I'm happy that this creature has name ;D

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

so cool you have the id now!

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

it's really fascinating that this will evolve into nice looking, colored adult fly :)

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Well, I just looked it up again! And to see what this horror turns in to made my life a little bit easier :D Nasty things are fascinating! I have a love/hate relationship to the subject :) Great job to find an ID!!!

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

me neither :( there's nothing similar in my books...

injica
injica 10 years ago

have no clue in what else you should try ;D

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

It's not Lampyridae :(

injica
injica 10 years ago

I think it has sth to do with Lampyridae

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

cool! i never saw this o.O

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

I saw this first time today, it look a little disgusting, has not legs, eyes...probably some larvae...

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

That is far from sweet! A lil monster in my eyes! :) I really want to know what it is so I can avoid it!

Jopy
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Jopy

Croatia

Spotted on Jul 14, 2013
Submitted on Jul 14, 2013

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