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Stem dweller, Smilax
Copyright © 2021 John van der Linden

Stem dweller, Smilax
Plymouth Rock Pioneer Cemetery, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 20, 2021
31 July 2021: MJ Hatfield finds fly larvae in a branchlet of carrion flower, Smilax herbacea.



MJ gave the larvae to me so that I could try to rear them. I think it's not a primary feeder on the plant tissue, but rather, a secondary feeder / scavenger of some kind.
20 August 2021: Adult. Not sure what happened to the abdomen. Specimen is dusted with mold from the rearing container.

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Contributed by John van der Linden on 31 August, 2021 - 9:09pm
Last updated 1 September, 2021 - 3:59am

But can this
be connected to the photographed larva?
… MJ Hatfield, 21 January, 2023 - 6:52am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I'm reasonably sure that it can be, yes. As I recall, I found the spent puparium in the branchlet piece that you had taped shut, which was presumably the same one in which you photographed the larva. There was no sign of any other creatures in the branchlet piece.
… John van der Linden, 21 January, 2023 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

 
.
Thanks, I moved the larva.
… MJ Hatfield, 22 January, 2023 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 1 September, 2021 - 3:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John
I wasn't sure which family; now I know.
… John van der Linden, 1 September, 2021 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

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