The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

 

COLEOPTERA LARVAE
(examples, not to scale)

Larva : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera
Pupa/Puparium : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera
Diptera : Anterior spiracles : Posterior spiracles : Cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton

The larvae of beetles have at least six thoracic legs (although they may be reduced or absent), a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles but no abdominal legs.

Apteropeda orbiculata
Apteropeda orbiculata
[Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Ceutorhynchus minutus
Ceutorhynchus minutus
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Isochnus sequensi
Isochnus sequensi
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Orchestes alni
Orchestes alni
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Isochnus sequensi
Isochnus sequensi
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Isochnus sequensi
Isochnus sequensi
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   

Orchestes fagi
Orchestes fagi
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)


Orchestes pilosus
Orchestes pilosus
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Orchestes quercus
Orchestes quercus
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Orchestes rusci
Orchestes rusci
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Orthochaetes setiger
Orthochaetes setiger
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Jean-Yves Baugnée (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Rhamphus oxyacanthae
Rhamphus oxyacanthae
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Rhamphus pulicarius
Rhamphus pulicarius
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Tachyerges salicis
Tachyerges salicis
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Rob Edmunds (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   



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