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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Allograpta » Common Oblique Syrphid Fly (Allograpta obliqua)
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Syrphid fly - Allograpta obliqua - female
Copyright © 2006 Aaron Goodwin

Syrphid fly - Allograpta obliqua - Female
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
August 29, 2006
I think this is in the genus Allograpta but I'm not sure of the species... obliqua, perhaps? I know it's a female because I saw her ovipositing on my milkweed. I'm also posting a photo of what I believe is the larva (or maggot) of this same species. I saw the immature first, hoping I could track down what it was, and then I saw the fly laying eggs on another plant. Is my connection correct?
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Contributed by Aaron Goodwin on 29 August, 2006 - 3:21pm
Last updated 5 June, 2010 - 7:12pm

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(Erroneous comment about species ID removed by author)
… Ron Hemberger, 6 May, 2013 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Different individuals
Please unlink these two images as they are not the same individual and they could even be a different species. You can still link them using [thumb:#], instead of same individual, when you mention that they were on the same bush and that they may be related.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 September, 2006 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry...
I realize now that I shouldn't have put these two images together. I was new to the site and wasn't sure about posting and such. Now that I've had time to look around and check things out, I know more about where to put images. I really wasn't trying to be irresponsible! :-)
… Aaron Goodwin, 6 September, 2006 - 4:15pm login or register to post comments

This is a female of Allograpt
This is a female of Allograpta obliqua. I do not know if the larvae is the same spcies, it could very well be.
… Martin Hauser, 31 August, 2006 - 12:45pm login or register to post comments

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