Rat-Tailed Maggots (IMAGE)

Entomological Society of America

Rat-Tailed Maggots

Caption

These are rat-tailed maggots, the immature stage of the drone fly (Eristalis tenax). The "tails" are actually breathing apparatuses.

Credit

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bugwood.org (http://www.bugwood.org).

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Must cite Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bugwood.org (http://www.bugwood.org).

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