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Photo#1062047
Complete mystery, not even sure if arthropod

Complete mystery, not even sure if arthropod
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 1, 2015
Size: 5-6mm
Found in water collected from local pond, might have been trying to eat snail eggs. Segmented body, four (visible/found) clawed limbs - two seen here at front, two right at end of body used for anchoring (the claw can just be seen in this image sharply against the sand at bottom left.)

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Moved from ID Request.

Chironomidae: Tanypodinae
This is the larva of a tanypod chironomid midge, probably a Pentaneurini.

 
Wow, you guys are fast
So, related to the other specimen I uploaded here? Earlier instar?

Thanks for your help!

 
same family but ...
The critters are both in the same family, Chironomidae, but are placed in two different subfamilies. The larva is a member of the tribe Pentaneurini in the subfamily Tanypodinae. Your other picture is a pupa, a later life stage, in the subfamily Chironominae, tribe Chironomini. Your larva will eventually pupate, but the tanypod pupa is quite different from that of a chironomine.

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