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Eristalis larva
Copyright © 2009 Mark Leppin

Eristalis larva
West Salem, Polk County, Oregon, USA
June 24, 2009
Size: 0.5"
Size is the main body, not including the long whip-like appendage. Found (with many others) in a small well shaded puddle in my backyard and shares the puddle with a good 100+ mosquito larvae
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Contributed by Mark Leppin on 26 June, 2009 - 1:39am
Last updated 7 October, 2009 - 3:10pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae and Pupae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 October, 2009 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

This is a Syrphid larvae a so
This is a Syrphid larvae a so called rat-tail maggot. Very likely genus Eristalis
… Martin Hauser, 30 June, 2009 - 1:14am login or register to post comments

 
Rat-tailed maggot
Could rat-tailed maggot images be placed somewhere more specifically than this section, which is for unidentified syrphid larvae and pupae? Would Eristalini be safe? Or Eristalinae?
… Charley Eiseman, 30 June, 2009 - 10:42am login or register to post comments

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