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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Unidentified immature stages
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Syrphid larvae??
Copyright © 2012 Libby & Rick Avis

Syrphid larvae??
Mount Arrowsmith, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
August 20, 2011
Found on thistle head. Could they be larvae for Larinus planus perhaps?

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Syrphid larvae?? Syrphid larvae?? Syrphid larvae??
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Contributed by Libby & Rick Avis on 11 January, 2012 - 10:46pm
Last updated 25 February, 2018 - 7:45pm

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… John S. Ascher, 25 February, 2018 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.

Have been around a bit on this one (originally wondered about weevil larvae) but I think they may actually be Syrphid larvae. Just blew up rear of one of them (second & third photos) and you can just see the breathing tubes.
… Libby & Rick Avis, 16 February, 2018 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2012 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

For some reason...
these make me think of plume moth caterpillars, although I haven't found pictures of any that look much like this. A lot of pterophorids are associated with Asteraceae, I think.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 February, 2012 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… v belov, 14 January, 2012 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

Maybe not...?
Here is image of Larinus planus larva...
http://www.invasive.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1929052

Maybe Lycaenidae larvae?
… Yurika Alexander, 11 January, 2012 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

not weevil larvae [those never feed outside tissues]
look like cats to me
… v belov, 11 January, 2012 - 11:11pm login or register to post comments

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