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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Eristalinae » Eristalini » Helophilina » Helophilus
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Elongated egg mass on black oak leaf - Helophilus
Copyright © 2014 Yurika Alexander

Elongated egg mass on black oak leaf - Helophilus
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
October 29, 2014
Size: Egg mass 12mm?
Found on fallen black oak leaf under the tree.
Anyone recognize this?
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Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 29 October, 2014 - 1:50pm
Last updated 1 December, 2014 - 6:33pm

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Sounds good!
… Charley Eiseman, 1 December, 2014 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

Any water nearby?
… Charley Eiseman, 1 December, 2014 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

 
That looks like it!
Yes, there is a semipermanent puddle under that black oak tree while rainy days. And Helophilus is pretty common in my yard :)
… Yurika Alexander, 1 December, 2014 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Hehe...
The whole mass was 12 mm? Such tiny little egg-like things. :) I could be wrong, but they kind of look like Parasitic Wasp cocoons.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 29 October, 2014 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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