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Hover fly Larvae

Epistrophe sp.

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7.30149, 80.0904

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Description:

Larvae may feed externally on plants or they may be internal feeders, attacking the bulbs In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

Notes:

Family Syrphidae
Adult fly - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/16564155

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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
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Caterpillars and larvae of the World

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PublishedDecember 6, 2012

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