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Showing posts with label Reduviidae Assassin bug larvae Mecoptera Hanging fly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reduviidae Assassin bug larvae Mecoptera Hanging fly. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Mystery critters - puzzle solved

The question of what these belonged too has puzzled me but at last I have an answer to both.

This one is the larvae of an Assassin Bug (pictured below) belonging to the Reduviidae family.

This is the larvae of a Hanging fly (also pictured below) of the Mecoptera family.