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jasminz November 7, 2012 4:00 PM
Post #9327290
This creature that looks like a worm was in my house, very very small. Can anyone ID it?Click an image for an enlarged view.
Flapdoodle November 7, 2012 4:59 PM
Post #9327327
Larva of a syrphid fly - predaceous on aphids, etc.
jasminz November 8, 2012 11:20 AM
Post #9327979
Flapdoodle wrote: Larva of a syrphid fly - predaceous on aphids, etc.
Flapdoodle November 8, 2012 5:28 PM
Post #9328332
It's not defecating, those dark objects are its spiracular plates, the external part of its respiratory system.
kwanjin November 9, 2012 7:48 AM
Post #9328763
How cool is that.
jasminz November 9, 2012 12:53 PM
Post #9329016
Flapdoodle wrote: It's not defecating, those dark objects are its spiracular plates, the external part of its respiratory system.
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