Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Larva with aphid on rose

Posted by pierred on 31-05-2005 04:57
#1
Hello,

Can somebody help me identifying this larva?

www.diptera.info/forim/4-0344-1.jpg

Thanks in advance.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-06-2005 12:14
#2
I think it could be a Syrphus species.

Posted by pierred on 01-06-2005 12:40
#3
Hello,

Paul Beuk wrote:
I think it could be a Syrphus species.


That is also what I think. Found another one yesterday, with almost the same pattern, but was greenish (on a Rosa leaf). Maybe they are in fact translucid and the coloration is given by the support.

Thanks anyway.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-06-2005 12:43
#4
Actually, Rotheray's colour guide gives already pictures of three colour forms!