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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Toxomerini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus marginatus
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Larva ??? - Toxomerus marginatus
Copyright © 2011 Jerry Armstrong

Larva ??? - Toxomerus marginatus
Moccasin Lake, Wednesday, Douglas County, Georgia, USA
August 7, 2011
Does anyone have any idea as to what this is? I found it on a clover leaf, was going to watch it and see what happened but son-in-law mowed the grass without me having to tell him!
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Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 29 August, 2011 - 8:46am
Last updated 19 November, 2013 - 11:40am

Puparium
It is interesting how you can see the pattern of the adult before it emerges from the puparium. I have one here (different genus).
Yours probably emerged in the next few hours. It would have been fun to see it. I followed some of mine from the larval stages to adult but this one emerged when I wasn't looking. Sigh!
I thought that they preferred to pupate on the ground, but I see that this one chose a leaf.
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 September, 2011 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Martin Hauser, 29 August, 2011 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Looks more like a pupa
The abdominal markings visible through the skin remind me of Toxomerus marginatus or something related.
… Chuck Entz, 29 August, 2011 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thanks for the fast response. You're probably right, it being a pupa. I just didn't know what is was.
… Jerry Armstrong, 29 August, 2011 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

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