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Photo#815670
Rat-tailed maggot

Rat-tailed maggot
North Hall Middle School, Hall County, Georgia, USA
September 1, 2008
Mrs. McBride's room in a petri dish

Moved
Moved from Eristalinae.

If this is Syrphidae, it belongs here. The spike at the end of the tail is odd.

 
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What about the other seven or so images of rat-tailed maggots in Eristalinae? Should we move those too?

Moved
Moved from Unidentified immature stages.
Possibly Eristalis.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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