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| Record Summary | Three larvae - under rotten wood |
| Found as | Larva |
| Date | 13 April 2005 |
| Associated organism | Fagus sylvatica |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU20 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W |
| Vice County | South Hants, VC no: 11 |
| Country | England |
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.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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