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Photo#180372
fly pupa - Xylophagus cinctus

fly pupa - Xylophagus cinctus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 2, 2008
Size: 14mm
This pupa was under the same piece of pine bark as a Xylophagus larva.

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Moved
Moved from Xylophagus lugens.

Moved
Moved from Xylophagus.

Moved
Moved from Xylophagidae.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Cool
I had an "identical" pupae emerge as a Xylophagid fly this spring, so I would say this is the same as the larva.

 
I'm hoping it emerges for me
It's most likely a Xylophagid, but probably different than the other one I found with it, since the size difference is over 10mm.

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