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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Rat-tailed maggots & other eristaline larvae
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strange bug???
Copyright © 2011 Jordan Thomas White

strange bug???
Dickson County, Tennessee, USA
April 15, 2011
Size: 2in
I found this strange worm looking thing crawling out of a water filled hole 20 feet up in a tree! Any comments or suggestions would be very appreciated thanks!
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Contributed by Jordan Thomas White on 15 April, 2011 - 5:09pm
Last updated 2 January, 2014 - 11:09am

Moved
Moved from Eristalinae.
… John F. Carr, 2 January, 2014 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified immature stages.
… Beatriz Moisset, 27 December, 2012 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Brad Barnd, 13 December, 2011 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 15 April, 2011 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Assuming that Max is right
(and I suspect that he is), the common name would be rat-tailed maggot. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 April, 2011 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

 
!!!!!!!THANKS!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much!!! I looked it up and it has got to be a rat tailed maggot. I shall now go on with my entomology researching and exploration! I hope I shall grow up to be as good as you:-)
… Jordan Thomas White, 15 April, 2011 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Maybe
Eristalinae
… John R. Maxwell, 15 April, 2011 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
thx
so are you max? :)
… Jordan Thomas White, 15 April, 2011 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
You're welcome. Keep the great pix coming!
… John R. Maxwell, 15 April, 2011 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

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