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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Stiletto Flies (Therevidae) » Unidentified Immatures
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Unknown Larva
Copyright © 2015 Jim Moore

Unknown Larva
In Westwood; elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 23, 2014
Size: Body length 21mm
My thanks for any ID help for this larva!

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 20 April, 2015 - 1:09am
Last updated 11 April, 2018 - 2:02pm

Moved
Moved from Stiletto Flies.

The last shot shows the expanded posterior tip of the "metacephalic rod". (...showing from inside)
See here:
… Bob Biagi, 11 April, 2018 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
See comments on lateral close up of head.

Moved from ID Request.
… Jim Moore, 20 April, 2015 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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