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Syrphid larva - Epistrophella emarginata
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Syrphid larva - Epistrophella emarginata
LaCrescent, Houston County, Minnesota, USA
August 28, 2009
Collected August 2, 2009
I don't know that it ever ate the aphids I gave it. It was motionless a lot.
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 30 January, 2014 - 5:25pm
Last updated 10 January, 2021 - 8:42pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 8:42pm

 
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Thank you.
… MJ Hatfield, 10 January, 2021 - 9:07pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 30 January, 2014 - 7:00pm

Syrphinae
The spiracles on fused tubes make this Syrphidae, and the free living lifestyle makes it Syrphinae.
… John F. Carr, 30 January, 2014 - 6:59pm

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