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Photo#82792
fly larva? - Tipula abdominalis

fly larva? - Tipula abdominalis
Dixville, Coos County, New Hampshire, USA
October 10, 2006
Size: ~4cm
It has no legs.

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fly larva? - Tipula abdominalis fly larva? - Tipula abdominalis

This is the aquatic
larva of Tipula (Nippotipula)abdominalis . Their tail-end spiracle lobes look like this . - Chen

 
WOW!!!!
That tail end spiracle looks like it would make a great halloween mask. If I see another one, I'll try to get a close-up shot of that.

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