Natural Enemies of Blackflies and Midges

Hemerodromiinae

Larvae

• Larvae of the Hemerodromiinae are not well known. Below is a mature larva of Neoplasta parahebes are photographed alive through a dissecting microscope.

• Below a larva of Neoplasta parahebes is feeding on a larva of a Rheotanytarsus sp. midge.
  

• Larvae of Neoplasta parahebes that have been fixed in alcohol are shown through a compound microscope below:

Larvae of Neoplasta parahebes. Top (a) shows a lateral view with the head and prolegs extended. Bottom Left (b) presents an anterior, lateral view with the head retracted. Bottom right (c) shows a posterior, ventral aspect that illustrateds the short apical tubercules (at) and dorsal tubercules (dt).

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Last modified 19 December 1999