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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Xylophagomorpha » Xylophagidae » Xylophagus
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Larva - Xylophagus
Copyright © 2008 Cody R. Hough

Larva - Xylophagus
Bicentennial Park, Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
March 21, 2008
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Contributed by Cody R. Hough on 21 March, 2008 - 11:39pm
Last updated 22 March, 2008 - 8:40am

Moved
Moved from Xylophagidae.
… Cody R. Hough, 22 March, 2008 - 12:09am login or register to post comments

Xylophagidae
Xylophagids have very distinctive larvae. You can't really see it in this image, but the posterior (pointing to the right in this image) should have two fork-like, heavily sclerotized projections. Very cool beasts.
… Ray Fisher, 22 March, 2008 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

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