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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Fungus Gnats (Mycetophilidae) » Larvae
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Larva ZH3Z3203
Copyright © 2009 Steve Nanz

Larva ZH3Z3203
Camden, Knox County, Maine, USA
August 21, 2008
Very tiny larva found feeding on the underside of a mushroom.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 13 September, 2009 - 3:20am
Last updated 27 January, 2010 - 10:16pm

Moved
Moved from Fungus Gnats.
… John F. Carr, 27 January, 2010 - 10:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Thank you both. There is a fairly common Fungus Gnat in that area which strongly resembles web images, I've found, of Mycetophila. The web images of the larvae are also very similar. Unfortunately they are all from Europe.
… Steve Nanz, 13 September, 2009 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but maybe one of the Fungus Gnats?
… John R. Maxwell, 13 September, 2009 - 6:39am login or register to post comments

 
Must be...
Looks like a fungus gnat larva + eating a mushroom = fungus gnat larva, I think. Most of our images like this are in Bibionomorpha, but MJ is even suggesting a genus on this one, based on a drawing and description in a fairly current book.

Seems like Mycetophilidae should be safe, at least... altough some of our images of Sciarid larvae seem pretty similar. I wish an expert would comment on some of these.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 September, 2009 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

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