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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Metasyrphus (Eupeodes subgenus Metasyrphus) » Eupeodes pomus » larvae and pupae (Eupeodes pomus larvae and pupae)
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Not a caterpillar-right? - Eupeodes pomus
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Not a caterpillar-right? - Eupeodes pomus
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 4, 2006
Size: 1/4 inch approx
This looks like a fancy maggot-is that what it is? and for what? I didn't notice the tail end until I loaded the photo

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Not a caterpillar-right? - Eupeodes pomus Not a caterpillar-right? - Eupeodes pomus Not a caterpillar-right? - Eupeodes pomus
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 5 June, 2006 - 5:02pm
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 3:55pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus larvae and puparia.
… Even Dankowicz, 30 September, 2021 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from larvae and puparia.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae and Puparia.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae and Pupae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 7 December, 2009 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 9 February, 2007 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Wow
At first I thought this was the caterpillar of the Lycaenidae family. But I did know that it was the larvae of a fly! Cool though.
… Brittanie McCormack, 22 June, 2006 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

99.9% certain
that it is a Syrphid fly larva
… A.W. Thomas, 5 June, 2006 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Any idea which one? thanks
Any idea which one?

thanks ^_^

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 6 June, 2006 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

reminds us of
and still waiting in ID Request. We hope you hang onto it until something emerges!!
… john and jane balaban, 5 June, 2006 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I didn't keep it-but I know w
I didn't keep it-but I know where to find them. I have no idea what it eats. I found it on a very big leafed plant that I haven't IDed yet either.

I hope we find out ^_^

Thanks

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 6 June, 2006 - 12:06am login or register to post comments

 
Try feeding them with aphids.
Try feeding them with aphids. It looks like a Syrphini larvae and they like aphids and scales etc.. Should pupate soon, cause it is a big one already...
Cheers
Martin
… Martin Hauser, 6 June, 2006 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
Ooooooh
When it does I bet it's awesome to watch it!
… Brittanie McCormack, 22 June, 2006 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

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