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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Syrphus » larvae and puparia (Syrphus larvae and puparia)
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Syrphid Fly Larva - Syrphus
Copyright © 2012 Peter Cristofono

Syrphid Fly Larva - Syrphus
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 25, 2012
Under a sugar maple.
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Contributed by Peter Cristofono on 25 April, 2012 - 9:33pm
Last updated 10 January, 2021 - 8:28pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae and Puparia.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Peter Cristofono, 26 April, 2012 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 April, 2012 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of a syrphid larva


Let's see if anyone else agrees.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 25 April, 2012 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree
thanks Ken
… Peter Cristofono, 26 April, 2012 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
those little balls must be
eyes
… Edna Woodward, 25 April, 2012 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
No
Those protuberances are at the rear end. They are called spiracles and are part of the respiratory system. Look at other syrphid larvae and you will see that sometimes they are rather elongated instead of round.
… Beatriz Moisset, 26 April, 2012 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

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