Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Is it Syrphids` pupae? From bird nest.

Posted by Holenester on 27-03-2019 21:24
#1

As in the Subject, pupa found in bird nest-box. Ca 5 mm long.
Syrphidae?

Posted by Holenester on 27-03-2019 21:24
#2

Another view:

Posted by Holenester on 28-03-2019 12:05
#3

Thank You for transfer to family forum. If it is Syrphids` pupa, I wonder what groups of Syrphids could inhabit such places like bird nest-boxes.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-03-2019 14:24
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It may just have been that the larva that was looking for a secluded place to pupate and ended up in the nest box...