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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) » Predatory Fungus Gnats (Keroplatidae) » Unidentified Eggs, Larvae, Pupae
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Copyright © 2013 Steve Nanz

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Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
August 12, 2012
Found on underside of a mushroom. I was thinking cranefly but really haven't a clue.
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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 16 October, 2013 - 4:51am
Last updated 23 September, 2022 - 7:01am

Moved
Moved from Predatory Fungus Gnats.
… John F. Carr, 23 September, 2022 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.
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Moved
Moved from Flies.
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Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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Keroplatidae - Predatory Fungus Gnat?
I can't believe this is possible but it looks like the larva images in Keroplatidae and Paul Beuk mentions here that they can reach an inch!
… Steve Nanz, 17 October, 2013 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
That looks and sounds like that is it. I can't believe that the larvae of fungus gnats get that large! Very cool!
… S Moorman, 17 October, 2013 - 5:42am login or register to post comments

Maybe
I wonder if it could be a deer fly larvae?? Was it near water, and do you have an idea of size? I recently photographed a horse fly larvae that had the same type of translucent look to it.
… S Moorman, 16 October, 2013 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Big
I don't remember how big but you might use the rove beetle larva at lower left, ID'd to tribe here, as a yard stick. If the big larva is 9 times longer and the rove beetle is 3mm, then the big larva would be 27mm. I doubt it was smaller and it could have been a lot bigger.

There is water not far away.
… Steve Nanz, 16 October, 2013 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

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