> Zhanataya wrote: > << I'd like to see what an adult looks like. I've been reading > about them on the ng several times. Have no mental picture > of the critter. Do you have a URL I can go >> > > Below are both for the same address. Take your pick. This includes a picture > of a larva. Evidentally, there are many types of syrphid fly.
Indeed there are. As adults, many of them resemble bees and wasps of
various types. Yellowjackets, bumble bees and honey bees are common models.
The larvae are also varied. Some are the famous aphid-eating maggots.
Another group are the "rat-tailed" maggots which live in highly polluted
water (like sine farm sludge pits) and have their spiracles (breathing
pores) at the end of a long tube so they can breathe.
Regards,
Bill
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Bill Morgan
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