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Fannia sp.
Misidentified by me as a Tortoise Beetle Larva. It turns out that this is a Fly larva from Family Fanniidae.
Backyard under a wood plank.
It looks just like this one from Bugguide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/379869/bgi... That would explain why I couldn't find a Tortoise Beetle larva that matched.
Spotted on Jul 2, 2010
Submitted on May 2, 2012
4 Comments
Keith, no, definately a Fannia fly larva. See here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/739554
Black Soldier Fly larvae look a bit different. They are larger, don't have those feathery projections on the edges and don't have legs. Fanniidae larvae do have legs.
Black Soldier Fly larva: http://bugguide.net/node/view/197736
Black soldier fly larva?
Updated ID of this creature.
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