Insect Direct Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 1 2 2 3 (above about 10mm) 4 small dobson fly maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 first is a mayfly and I think the last is a caddisfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 #2 could be a lax beetle or a longhorn species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 thanks, that wasnt very hard for you 2 was it #3 maybe a young caddisfly. sorry pic not the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Top one is a mayfly imago (mayflies are weird. They shed from larval to sub-adult form, then again to true-adult form. The sub-adult is called an imago and is identified by the smoky wings, proper adults have clear wings.) Bottom two look like caddisflies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 save them for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Im going to start a collection. But will give you the double ups as there's bound to be a few. Found a couple more of those march flies. Got 2 pairs so will send one sooner or later (marswel see what else I can find) Heaps of bugs around atm, ones above + a couple of others were just the result of leaving the light on outside late last night. Whats the best way to store them? Pin'd to poly in plastic box or?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Wow those are cool! 1. Mayfly (I love mayflies. There are many species. I once saw a giant one, and a bright sulpher-yellow coloured one) 2. Striped Lax Beetle, Thelyphassa lineata 3. Looks like a Dusky Scuttler Moth, Opogona omoscopa, or it could be a species of Caddisfly 4. Caddisfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 Ive just run out of data so cant go surfing for pics atm, but i think your right. at closer look 3 looks different from 4 thats for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 put then all in the same container insect wars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 that one i do know http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resea ... ?Bu_Id=229 pretty cool, seen a maggot here but never a fly. $20 each aint bad :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 at 20 each how many you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 -10 thanks, want my account details Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 Would they be the maggots with tails that I have seen crawling around the fat floating on grease traps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 sounds like the rat tailed maggot. what sort of grease? Landcare research quote "Larvae are rat tailed maggots which live in liquid containing rotting plants or animals" think this is what they are. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRcbyqNyJZM Only time ive seen the above here was when i had a trough full of rotting grass and it stunk. (grass infusoria) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 The drains outside food premises which discharge a lot of fat have a trap which removes the fat so it doesn't block up the drains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 true yum yum :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 yum yum not necessarily, usually any take away that uses fat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 put then all in the same container insect wars just found 2 huhu beetles, thought theyd be ok in the same container, but not so, they're nutters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 not what i expected from the ladybugs ive been keeping 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 did you want blue ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 yes please , dont think Ive ever seen the blue ones in the flesh. Do you know if the above are eggs? I thought they would lay smaller individual eggs, not make a cocoon type thing and protect it as they appear to be doing. One has been holding onto that sack for days now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 they usually lay yellowy eggs ibn a small group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted December 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 thought it was a bit odd, maybe theyve mummified some pinhead crickets. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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