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rat-tailed maggot

rat-tailed maggot
Champaign County, Illinois, USA
October 6, 2013
living in small vernal pool

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Long tail
Apparently long tails belong to Eristalis and relatives and short tails to Chrysogaster and relatives. See http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=59402, specifically the comment "The undulating tracheal trunks (pair of whitish thickened trachea inside the body) suggest Helophilus spec."

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.

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