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Melanostoma from larvae to imago.
John Bouwmans
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January 20th 2015 I collected a larvae of a Syrphidae. Many pics from the larvae to imago can be found in this forumtopic at waarneming.nl (in Dutch).
http://forum.waar...msg1751723

Yesterday Febr 14th, the imago showed up and it is a female Melanostoma. I assume it's a M. scalare, because of the "hollow spots" on the abdomen. Length is 9 mm. Comfirmation of species would be appreciated.

Will add some pictures here, but for more images visit the topic mentioned above.

Was nice to see the development of this larvae. Was for me the first time, and with an imago as result.

Friendly greetings,
John Bouwmans
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image Feb 12th, 2015
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Image Feb. 12th, 2015
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The imago showing up Feb. 14th. Left cocon in about 60-70 seconds.
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Turn over on it's back to push of the excuvae with it's legs.
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Run away from the exuviae
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blowing up the abdomen
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Blowing up the wings
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Almost full wings now
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Dry up and colouring out.
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Almost finished the proces
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Ready and first breakfast. Is this indeed a Melanostoma scalare?
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