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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Dioprosopa » Dioprosopa clavata » larvae and puparia (Dioprosopa clavata larvae and puparia)
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Syrphid Buffet - Dioprosopa clavata
Copyright © 2011 Bob Barber

Syrphid Buffet - Dioprosopa clavata
Dog Canyon, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
June 15, 2011
on milkweed

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Contributed by Bob Barber on 30 June, 2011 - 10:29am
Last updated 10 January, 2021 - 9:55pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified immature stages.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

Odd
Very odd looking larva. Do you have other pictures?
… Beatriz Moisset, 1 July, 2011 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Not different angles...
but I uploaded a picture from six days later. Could the first one be pre-pupal? I don't know if these larvae undergo color changes as in lepidoptera
… Bob Barber, 2 July, 2011 - 8:11am login or register to post comments

 
Puzzled
It doesn't look like any aphid eater syrphid I ever saw. It doesn't look like Aphidoletes larvae either.
I am amazed that it hasn't moved in six days. The size doesn't seem to have changed much, comparing it to that of the surrounding aphids.
My syrphid larvae kept wandering about and they grew rapidly. I have no idea what this is. Perhaps it should be moved to ID request.
The color change could be due to its being freshly molted and then gradually getting darker.
… Beatriz Moisset, 2 July, 2011 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

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