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syrphid fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - female
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

syrphid fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - Female
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
October 1, 2005
Size: 12mm
I put the leaf and pupa in a jar and this is what emerged, Pseudodoros clavatus?

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larva of? - Pseudodoros clavatus larva of? - Pseudodoros clavatus syrphid fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - female syrphid fly - Pseudodoros clavatus - female
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Contributed by Machele White on 2 October, 2005 - 9:18am
Last updated 17 December, 2005 - 7:18am

Yes!!
It is a female of Pseudodoros clavatus.
The real give-away next to it's general bodyform and -color, is the yellow scutellum with the black band across.
Very nice you also have pictures of the larva and the pupae, that is a rare find for the most species!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 2 October, 2005 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Makes a complete set -
because I did the same with a male a while back - also found on milkweed. I had wondered if it was the same, but the larva was so different-looking I though it couldn't be. Are the larvae dimorphic?
See below for images.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 October, 2005 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
I have some of those
also Hannah, I did not know what it was until I seen your photo, it looked like some kind of odd leach.
… Machele White, 2 October, 2005 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

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