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Fly ex inner bark, boxelder - Callopistromyia strigula
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Fly ex inner bark, boxelder - Callopistromyia strigula
Chattahoochie Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Winter 2017-18 Fly larvae found to be common in my area under bark of recently dead boxelder (Acer negundo); they appear to be feeding on the decomposing cambium

Indoor batch rearing

Dead larva


Live larva, 22 April


Puparia, 22 April


Mid-April Adults begin emerging, including this one on 14 April

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Contributed by John van der Linden on 17 April, 2018 - 11:27am
Last updated 30 August, 2018 - 10:47pm

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