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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Unidentified Immature Stages
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Just what are these?
Copyright © 2006 Cheryl Moorehead

Just what are these?
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
October 4, 2006
Size: 1-2mm long
I was looking at the aphids on my Peace rose when I noticed these little guys. They look like tiny Hairstreak caterpillars in texture and shape. Is there a hairstreak caterpillar that eats aphids?
Or perhaps there's a tiny syrphid fly that matches these...
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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 4 October, 2006 - 8:24pm
Last updated 6 March, 2010 - 12:16pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Larvae and Puparia.
All Syrphid aphid eaters belong in the Syrphinae subfamily.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 March, 2010 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Syrphid Flies.
… john and jane balaban, 9 February, 2007 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 November, 2006 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

There is one Lycaenid that eats aphids
the Harvester (below). I don't know what the smallest caterpillars would look like - these don't resembe the larger ones in the guide very closely, though. Not that that means much where caterpillars are concerned. : )



My first thought was syrphid larvae. Check out this one, for instance (below), also on roses. A closer detail would be helpful, either way.

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 4 October, 2006 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Pretty sure they're Syrphid larvae
See next day's photo .
… Cheryl Moorehead, 6 October, 2006 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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