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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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Rat-tailed maggots
Copyright © 2011 N. Ramberg Pihl

Rat-tailed maggots
Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
April 19, 2011
Students in my class found these larvae in a small tree hole filled with water.
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Contributed by Kerry Yurewicz on 20 April, 2011 - 9:32am
Last updated 2 January, 2014 - 4:39pm

Moved
Moved from Eristalinae.
… John F. Carr, 2 January, 2014 - 11:14am 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 Syrphid Flies.
… Martin Hauser, 30 June, 2011 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 27 April, 2011 - 2:56am login or register to post comments

Sweet!
In the family Syrphidae, and the most common species is Eristalis tenax, but I'm not sure what the Identifying characteristics are and I think a few species can have that tail. Hopefully someone else can confirm.

… Natalie Hernandez, 20 April, 2011 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

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