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Syrphidae sp.
Larva of a dipteran insect showing red and black internal organs Syrphidae sp.
On eucalyptus leaf.
This larva is eating scale insects(Eriococcus coriaceus), leaving a trail of old shells. \http://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/OrganismProfile/Small_hover_fly_-_Melanostoma_fasciatum.html http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread... http://www.deviantart.com/art/unknown-Sy...
Spotted on Sep 28, 2011
Submitted on Nov 28, 2011
9 Comments
Thanks FaredinAliyevski
This looks amazing!
Thanks MariadB.
Here is one eating an aphid
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/390...
Very cool!
Yes if its like other flies, they have loose pupae and I expect it will fall to the ground. I am surprised that I never notice other larvae since the hoverflies are common.
Amazing ID work Martin :) A bit of a messy eater (like most babies I guess). I wonder where it will pupate... maybe drop to the soil below.
I discovered this larva is a hoverfly
Argy; my Chinese translation app. couldn't find a meaning for it so its possibly purely aesthetic. I thought this was a caterpillar but there were too many anomalies. An expert on flickr ID'd it for me as a fly.
What's that chinese writing on its back martin ?