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Photo#674916
Syrphidae puparium, dorsal

Syrphidae puparium, dorsal
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
September 2, 2011
Collecting aphids to feed a green lacewing larva (from an egg), I inadvertantly collected a few other species including syrphid fly larvae. There was more than one larva in the container but these may be the same species: .

I’m posting this to Syrphini based on Beatriz’s life cycle

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Syrphidae puparium, dorsal Syrphidae puparium, ventral Syrphidae Syrphidae, spent puparium

Moved
Moved from Syrphini.

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