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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) » American Hover Fly (Eupeodes americanus) » larvae and pupae (Eupeodes americanus larvae and pupae)
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Suspected syrfid fly maggot resting on aphid-ridden swamp milkweed - Eupeodes americanus
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Suspected syrfid fly maggot resting on aphid-ridden swamp milkweed - Eupeodes americanus
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 29, 2019
Seemed pretty torpid. Have seen a different species of syrphid fly maggot (I think) --- a green one, which was much more active--- on the same swamp milkweed plants, which are a hotbed of aphids and their predators at this time of year. Would appreciate a genus on this one; species ID would be just gravy (mmm... maggot gravy...)
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Contributed by kgivens on 29 September, 2019 - 4:16pm
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 4:01pm

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Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus larvae and puparia.
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The best way to get a genus or species ID would be to rear it to adulthood.
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