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caterpillar ? fairly flat - Eupeodes volucris

between Sedona and Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
April 7, 2017

No clue...thanks for helping me....Denise K.

Contributed by nature4me on 19 December, 2017 - 10:33am
Last updated 10 January, 2021 - 9:14pm

Moved

Moved from larvae and puparia.

… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 9:14pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.

… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 9:09pm

Moved

Moved from Flies.

… Martin Hauser, 27 March, 2018 - 4:23pm

Looks small

so we would suggest the larva of a syrphid fly instead

… john and jane balaban, 19 December, 2017 - 3:09pm

Aaah...thanks....DK

Aaah...thanks....DK

… nature4me, 19 December, 2017 - 3:57pm

I can't see the front end well

But syrphid larvae do not have the large, distinctive-looking heads of caterpillars. Thus, this one probably isn't a cat.

… C, 19 December, 2017 - 7:43pm

Thanks for the info...DK

Thanks for the info...DK

… nature4me, 27 March, 2018 - 6:03pm

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