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 PUPAE
(examples, not to scale)

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

The pupae of beetles have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths.

 

 

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

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

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

Orchestes testaceus ventro-lateral
Orchestes testaceus ventro-lateral
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Trachys scrobiculatus dorsal
Trachys scrobiculatus dorsal
[Coleoptera: Buprestidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Trachys minutus ventral
Trachys minutus ventral
[Coleoptera: Buprestidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)		 Trachys minutus dorsal
Trachys minutus dorsal
[Coleoptera: Buprestidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   


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