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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Dioprosopa » Dioprosopa clavata
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larva of? - Dioprosopa clavata
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

larva of? - Dioprosopa clavata
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
September 23, 2005
Size: 6mm
this is on milkweed, I see them on other plants with aphids also.

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larva of? - Dioprosopa clavata larva of? - Dioprosopa clavata syrphid fly - Dioprosopa clavata - female syrphid fly - Dioprosopa clavata - female
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Contributed by Machele White on 28 September, 2005 - 9:47am
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 11:36am

Syrphid larva.
This is most likely the larva of a syrphid fly, many of which are aphid predators. The other image is actually the pupa, which forms in the last larval "skin." Nice images, thank you.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 September, 2005 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for your help, I hope to get a photo of it emerging, if I don't miss it.
… Machele White, 28 September, 2005 - 11:22am login or register to post comments

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