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SglidsterFebruary 22nd, 2012, 5:46 pm
Posts: 32 large greenish bugs from kick sample last weekend.

River Derwent, Derbyshire, UK.

Someone said they might be crane fly larvae?

Simon
TroutnutFebruary 22nd, 2012, 7:13 pm
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Bellevue, WA

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The one on the left looks like a crane fly larva, Tipulidae. The one on the right looks like a snipe fly larva, Athericidae.
Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D.
Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
KonchuFebruary 22nd, 2012, 7:47 pm
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Indiana

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i agree with Jason

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