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Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (eggs, larvae, pupae)
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Is it larva of Syrphidae? Yes, probably Epistrophe eligans
basileus
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Posted on 30-12-2020 10:55
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Help me with ID of this larva. Found on leaves of the plum tree, which contained nymphs of aphids. June. Transcarpathion region of Ukraine.
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Hi basileus, yes it is - most probably Epistrophe eligans (colour, posterior spiracle very long and pale with darker apex.

Greetings, Eric
 
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eklans wrote:
Hi basileus, yes it is - most probably Epistrophe eligans (colour, posterior spiracle very long and pale with darker apex.

Greetings, Eric


Thank you
 
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