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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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Other Life, Fungus Gnat Larva? Family: Mycetophilidae
Copyright © 2006 Mr. Fox

Other Life, Fungus Gnat Larva? Family: Mycetophilidae
Saint Albans,Kanawha Terrace Mobile Home Park/rotting log, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
February 23, 2006
I know that this creature does not fit in the categories of Bugguide, but you have a category for it and the quality is good. On that basis I have decided to submit the photograph. Thanks to Eric R. Eaton for the Fungas Knat larva suggestion. Moved to the Mycetophildae page by Chuck Entz. Jim McClain suggested the Diptera larva identification.
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Contributed by Mr. Fox on 24 February, 2006 - 5:36pm
Last updated 28 January, 2010 - 9:29pm

Moved
Moved from Fungus Gnats.
… John F. Carr, 28 January, 2010 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Very common
In the process of picking through rotting fungi in my bathroom I've seen a lot of maggots that have this general appearance . (As a bachelor, I'm free to clutter my bathroom with containers of decomposing fungi, giving it that distinctive rotten fungus smell that women find irresistable ;-) I move my bug/fungus stuff outdoors during warm weather.)
… Jim McClarin, 26 February, 2006 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Larva?
Actually, I'm thinking this might be the larva of a fungus gnat. I know at least some species secrete mucus, sometimes living in a tube of the sticky goo.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 February, 2006 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to Mycetophilidae family page
… Chuck Entz, 26 February, 2006 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

 
???
How did this wind up back in "ID Request" I wonder? Moving again to family page.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 June, 2006 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Diptera?
If so, it certainly does belong in bugguide.
… Jim McClarin, 24 February, 2006 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

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