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 Syrphidae larva
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| Arthropa |
Posted on 29-03-2007 22:39
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 Member Location: Fragnes (Burgundy, France) Posts: 183 Joined: 15.06.04 |
Hello, This Syrphidae larva looks like some Episyrphus larva one can find on internet.   (Boulogne (France) - 17th May 2006 - 12 mm long) What do you think about it ? 
Edited by Arthropa on 29-03-2007 22:42 Benoit MARTHA |
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| Arthropa |
Posted on 06-04-2007 18:03
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Member Location: Fragnes (Burgundy, France) Posts: 183 Joined: 15.06.04 |
Up...  No opinion, anyone ?... Benoit MARTHA |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-04-2007 18:44
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Might be Melangyna cincta.
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| Arthropa |
Posted on 06-04-2007 20:35
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Member Location: Fragnes (Burgundy, France) Posts: 183 Joined: 15.06.04 |
Wooww... Never met this one before, or at least never identified any of my syrphids as Melangyna... Shall I begin with a larva ?  Well, I easily imagine identifying larva is really difficult without rearing to imago, so I probably won't ever be certain of anything ? Thanks Paul
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| pierred |
Posted on 06-04-2007 20:46
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Beno?t, Do you use the Rotheray ? I don't think one is able to do without it for Syrphidae larvae. [Tu as le Rotheray ? On ne peut rien faire de raisonnable sans lui.] Pierre Duhem |
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| Arthropa |
Posted on 06-04-2007 23:25
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Member Location: Fragnes (Burgundy, France) Posts: 183 Joined: 15.06.04 |
pierred wrote: Beno?t, Do you use the Rotheray ? I don't think one is able to do without it for Syrphidae larvae. [Tu as le Rotheray ? On ne peut rien faire de raisonnable sans lui.] I don't.  In fact, I don't have any valuable book dealing with diptera : I as yet only try to learn some tricks from people who know more, and from trust-worth websites, but most of the time, I only have some "visual comparisons" to hypothethize IDs for my flies ! That's why some of them may sometime appear pure fantasy !...  ...sur tous les fronts, Pierre !
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 06-04-2007 23:32
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Arthropa wrote: That's why some of them may sometime appear pure fantasy !... Hence the fantastic images.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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