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Leatherjacket in Moss A leatherjacket found in some moss near the bunker Wassermann on Schiermonnikoog. ID pending.<br /> Some details here:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107025/leatherjacket_-_details.html" title="Leatherjacket - Details"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/107025_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=FSr09boOIEng8yVWl750VOaFmD4%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Leatherjacket - Details Details of this here leatherjacket:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107024/leatherjacket_in_moss.html<br /> Top: Full larva<br /> Bottom left: Tail end<br /> Bottom center: Head tucked in<br /> Bottom right: Head extended Diptera,Larva,Leatherjacket,Nematocera,Schiermonnikoog,Tipuloidea,crane fly,nl: Emelt" /></a></figure> Diptera,Geotagged,Larva,Leatherjacket,Nematocera,Netherlands,Schiermonnikoog,Tipuloidea,crane fly,nl: Emelt Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Leatherjacket in Moss

A leatherjacket found in some moss near the bunker Wassermann on Schiermonnikoog. ID pending.
Some details here:

Leatherjacket - Details Details of this here leatherjacket:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107024/leatherjacket_in_moss.html<br /> Top: Full larva<br /> Bottom left: Tail end<br /> Bottom center: Head tucked in<br /> Bottom right: Head extended Diptera,Larva,Leatherjacket,Nematocera,Schiermonnikoog,Tipuloidea,crane fly,nl: Emelt

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Arp, can you explain the term Leatherjacket? What group does it refer to in simple terms? Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Pudding4brains's profile
      Pudding4brains
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      A leatherjacket is the larva of a crane fly (much like the Dutch term "emelt"). Vernacular naming doesn't always strictly follow taxonomic insights. So a crane fly and its larva belong to something like the superfamily Tipuloidea, including the families Tipulidae, Limoniidae and others. I'm guessing this one is a Tipulidae, but I still need to dig up the keys for the larvae of these... Posted 4 years ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        Thanks so much! Posted 4 years ago

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Uploaded Jan 9, 2021. Captured in Cornelis Visserpad, 9166 Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.
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