BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Microdon analis (Macquart, 1842) (a hoverfly)
| Date: | 13 April 2005 |
| Location: | South Hampshire, England |
| State: | Larva |
| Record Summary: | Three larvae - under rotten wood |
| Associated organism: | under fallen, rotten wood of Fagus sylvatica |
| Identification Notes: | Dense reticulation over whole uppper surface, except pair of narrow bands. Three larvae under very rotten wood. They had probably just left their host ants' nest to pupate, although one of the photographs shows the woodlouse, Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi, which is restricted to ants' nests. This woodlouse is particularly common with Lasius niger (s.l.?); according to Stubbs and Falk, this is the same ant used by Microdon analis. |
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Larva - dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 293 pixels | ||
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Larva - dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 360 pixels | ||
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Larva - dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 437 pixels | ||
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Larva - dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 395 pixels | ||
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Larva - dorso-lateral view - enlarged | 500 by 352 pixels | ||
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Larva - lateral view - enlarged | 500 by 337 pixels | ||
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Larva - latero-dorsal view - enlarged | 500 by 333 pixels | ||
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Larva - ventral view - enlarged | 500 by 413 pixels | ||
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Two larvae - lateral views - enlarged | 500 by 229 pixels | ||
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Two larvae - latero-dorsal views - enlarged | 500 by 259 pixels |
