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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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syrphid fly - Dioprosopa clavata - female
Copyright © 2005 Machele White

syrphid fly - Dioprosopa clavata - Female
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
October 1, 2005
Size: 12mm
I put the leaf and pupa in a jar and this is what emerged, Pseudodoros clavatus?

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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 2 October, 2005 - 9:18am
Last updated 4 March, 2012 - 11:33am

Yes!!
It is a female of Pseudodoros clavatus.
The real give-away next to it's general bodyform and -color, is the yellow scutellum with the black band across.
Very nice you also have pictures of the larva and the pupae, that is a rare find for the most species!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 2 October, 2005 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Makes a complete set -
because I did the same with a male a while back - also found on milkweed. I had wondered if it was the same, but the larva was so different-looking I though it couldn't be. Are the larvae dimorphic?
See below for images.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 2 October, 2005 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
I have some of those
also Hannah, I did not know what it was until I seen your photo, it looked like some kind of odd leach.
… Machele White, 2 October, 2005 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
It turned out that Hannah's larva was a different individual than the pupa and adult she posted, just FYI.
… John Schneider, 6 August, 2016 - 12:15am login or register to post comments

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