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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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Caterpillar - Eupeodes pomus
Copyright © 2018 Madalene A Murphy

Caterpillar - Eupeodes pomus
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 25, 2018
Size: 1 cm
Found on milkweed
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Contributed by Madalene Murphy on 25 August, 2018 - 3:08pm
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 4:02pm

Moved
Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus larvae and puparia.
… Even Dankowicz, 30 September, 2021 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified immature stages.
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Moved
Moved from Flies.
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Another
Syrphid fly larva
… john and jane balaban, 25 August, 2018 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Syrphid
Thank you!! These didn't quite look like caterpillars but I couldn't find any other larvae they might be. This is very good news. They are both back munching on aphids on our milkweed. Tomorrow I am looking for syrphid fly eggs.
… Madalene Murphy, 25 August, 2018 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

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