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Aquatic Larva
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Aquatic Larva
Bethlehem, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
April 25, 2006
Size: 17mm
Found a few of these 2" below the surface of a pool of water in a spruce forest.
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 April, 2006 - 10:53pm
Last updated 27 April, 2006 - 6:39am

Chaoboridae
Not a crane fly, but something neater - This is the larva of a chaoborid, also known as a phantom midge. They usually live in large lakes so it's kind of wierd that you found it in a little pool. They are predatory, and they use their air sacs (the silvery things on the front and back of the organism) to vertically migrate in lakes throughout the day. I think that this family only has one genus in the East -Chaoborus, but I am not sure. Cool find!
… Crystal Maier, 27 April, 2006 - 6:36am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Crystal
They must have been feeding on the mosquito larvae that were abundant in the pools around them.
… tom murray, 27 April, 2006 - 6:41am login or register to post comments

neat
I don't know, but what a neat picture!
… sashajade, 26 April, 2006 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
it looks like a skeleton.
… tom murray, 27 April, 2006 - 12:45am login or register to post comments

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