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Help me identify an insect by its larva

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Viktoriya Alper, 05.09.2024 11:38

Abkhazia, in the second half of August, after heavy rains, observed a mass migration of larvae (worms/leeches) from one "pasture" (a wasteland with sparse vegetation and dung cakes) to another. The "exodus" took place along the sidewalk and then through the roadway with a wide strip of 3-4 meters in the amount of several hundred individuals. I didn't have a chance to shoot the video - I didn't have my phone with me. The next day, I photographed what was left - the dead. Insect parameters: length 4-6 cm, width 0.4-0.8 cm, dark gray or brown-gray color almost black, dry surface (without mucus), smooth, without visible (real) legs, without visible head or other organs defining the head, the tail part ends presumably with two bumps/outgrowths, moves narrow extended ("proboscis") forward like a caterpillar.

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05.09.2024 11:42, Viktoriya Alper

the surface on which you moved is dry. Photos are available, but couldn't be uploaded.

10.09.2024 18:18, Peter Khramov

The photos of the larva:


10.09.2024 18:19, Peter Khramov

Victoria, if there are no responses in the near future, please visit the site in October after sending a general email to users about the new functionality, forum, etc. After it, significantly more online users are expected than now.

24.10.2024 15:01, Victor Titov

Larva of a fly from sem. Stratiomyidae.

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