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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Stratiomyomorpha » Soldier flies (Stratiomyidae) » Pachygastrinae
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Fly Larva
Copyright © 2006 Perry Babin

Fly Larva
Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 21, 2006
Size: ~5mm
If Jim reads this... These are from the same tree as the previous beetle/larva images I posted.

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Contributed by Perry Babin on 21 October, 2006 - 12:05pm
Last updated 25 January, 2011 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 January, 2011 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Soldier flies.
… john and jane balaban, 28 December, 2007 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Lots of species/families/orders :-)
I agree with Tom. This is a fly larva.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2006 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Soldier Fly larva
It looks a lot like this one.
… tom murray, 21 October, 2006 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Tom,
These larvae look like soldier fly, Stratiomyidae and probably in the subfamily Pachygastrinae. - Chen
… Chen Young, 23 October, 2006 - 10:22am login or register to post comments

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