Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pupa indet. Volucella cf. zonaria!

Posted by Tony Irwin on 09-05-2018 11:28
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Pupal "horns" like these, protruding through the puparium integument, are typical of some families in Aschiza (e.g. Phoridae). They also occur in Syrphidae. It would help to know in what habitat and substrate the puparium was found, and how big it is, but I'd say this was a hoverfly puparium.