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Hoverfly egg-laying etc

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited September 30, 2014 in Holy Macro
Some shots of a hoverfly egg laying (Eupeodes sp.) and early and late hoverfly larvae instars. I'm not suggesting the larvae are related to each other or to the eggs but they were taken on the same hibiscus seed pods over a 4 day period.

Brian V.

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You can see the egg in this shot
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Same hoverfly another location and egg
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Early instar larvae
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Late instar larvae
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