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Syrphid Fly Larva

Description:

Semi-translucent larva. You can see in the last photo it has little bubbles in the middle of its body. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cXojc67...

Habitat:

Crape Myrtle plant seen after rain. Suburban yard

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2 Comments

Machi
Machi 8 years ago

Good call! Thank you!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 8 years ago

I would bet that this little larva belongs to a Syrphid Fly. :-) http://bugguide.net/node/view/356989

It seems that many syrphid larvae can't be identified to genus or species.

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jul 15, 2015
Submitted on Jul 27, 2015

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