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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Eupeodes » subgenus Eupeodes (Eupeodes subgenus Eupeodes) » Bird Hover Fly (Eupeodes volucris) » larvae and puparia (Eupeodes volucris larvae and puparia)
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Eupeodes volucris larva - Eupeodes volucris
Copyright © 2020 Leslie Goethals

Eupeodes volucris larva - Eupeodes volucris
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, California, USA
July 26, 2019
~7100' elevation. Little Round Valley
Larva #1 off of FernBush/Desert Sweet (Chamaebatiaria millefolium).
I held on to them for a couple of days and they pupated! The pupae got returned to the original plant.
I'm including both in the same observation since they pupated on the same twig.

Edit: Larva #2 posted here.

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Eupeodes volucris larva - Eupeodes volucris Eupeodes volucris pupa - Eupeodes volucris Eupeodes volucris pupae - Eupeodes volucris
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Contributed by Leslie Goethals on 23 January, 2020 - 10:03am
Last updated 9 February, 2023 - 5:54am

Moved
Moved from larvae and puparia.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 8 May, 2020 - 7:50am login or register to post comments

Neat
Do you know which larva goes with the puparium in image 3? And do you know which larva goes with which puparium in image 4?
… John Schneider, 23 January, 2020 - 12:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Larva + Puparium
I posted them all together because I didn't know which larva goes with which puparium. I apologize for that and for the Images not being that great! The larvae looked like they were the same; #1 & #2 are the different larva. They both pupated on the same twig, #3 is just a close up/different angle of photo #4. Please remove if not appropriate. Thanks!
… Leslie Goethals, 23 January, 2020 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks. I'm going to unlink l
Thanks. I'm going to unlink larva #2, which we know is a different individual, and will cross-reference it in the remarks, but will leave the rest of the images linked.
… John Schneider, 23 January, 2020 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Larva + Puparium
Perfect! I almost posted them like that! Thanks, much appreciated.
… Leslie Goethals, 23 January, 2020 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
duplicate comment!
oops!
… John Schneider, 23 January, 2020 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem! And I'm not an ex
No problem! And I'm not an expert, but I think these are Syrphini larvae. Definitely Syrphidae, at least. And I agree that both larvae are probably the same species.
… John Schneider, 23 January, 2020 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

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