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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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Hover fly larva? - Eupeodes pomus
Copyright © 2015 Bonnie Ott

Hover fly larva? - Eupeodes pomus
Woodstock, Howard County, Maryland, USA
September 20, 2015
This larva was eating the aphids and would crawl short distances to search for more prey.
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Contributed by Bonnie Ott on 22 September, 2015 - 6:50am
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.
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Moved
Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.
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Aphids? Host plant?
Do you have closeups of the aphids? They look interesting. Knowing the plant it may be possible to ID them.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 October, 2015 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 September, 2015 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

correct!
correct!
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