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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Microdontinae » Microdon
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Larvae ? - Microdon
Copyright © 2009 Richard H. Glassford II

Larvae ? - Microdon
Top of Left Fork of Oak Creek, Sanpete County, Utah, USA
July 3, 1992
I think these are larvae. I was looking under the bark of trees for insects and found these interesting larvae. I cannot remember if the tree was an evergreen or a deciduous tree.

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Contributed by Richard H. Glassford II on 29 November, 2009 - 8:42pm
Last updated 17 February, 2010 - 11:37am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 December, 2009 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Could be
a Microdon (Syrphid fly) pupa:



The last image could be a larva.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 November, 2009 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Correct!
Ken is right on with the ID, except I'd say that all are probably larvae rather than pupae. Hard to tell with these, though. They were originally classified as mollusks! LOL!
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 November, 2009 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

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