[Syrphidae] Maggot ID

[Günter Schwendinger]

Dear Martin, Santos and Hans,

Thank you very much for the quick replies, Klaus is happy with the 
Information I could give him thanks to you.

Greetings from Austria
Günter


Bartsch, Hans D schrieb:
> Hello,
> I guess both are Volucella inanis - larvae, the second is just upside 
> down. As Marin says they come from wasp nest above somewhere. They are 
> ready to pupate and walk around to find a nice pupating place. During 
> this action they probabely fell down.
> Jarmo?s picture does _not_ show pellucens (Rotheray 1993).
> I got the same question in Stockholm some years ago by a friend. 
> Grahan Rotheray solved the question for me and my friend.
> Have a nice weekend
> Hans Bartsch
>
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>     *From:* Günter Schwendinger <mailto:guenter.schwendinger at gmx.net>
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>     *Sent:* Friday, October 20, 2006 9:00 PM
>     *Subject:* [Syrphidae] Maggot ID
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>     Hello everybody,
>
>     Yesterday a friend of from the local museum of natural history
>     www.inatura.at <http://www.inatura.at> asked me if I could help
>     him identify a larva which I think is a syrphid. The length of the
>     larvae is 13mm (without stigmata-"horn" which has another 1mm of
>     length). The larvae have been found inside houses in three
>     cities/villages around here (Dornbirn, Feldkirch and Egg, all in
>     Vorarlberg/Western Austria) during the last week - some in a
>     guestroom which is not used very often, some in the corner of a
>     room on the floor with mice's feces around and some "falling from
>     the ceiling" according to the people who brought the larva to the
>     inatura.
>     Could anyone of you help me identify the species or genus? I'd
>     appreciate any kind of information.
>     Another thing: What were these maggots doing inside the nearly
>     empty rooms? (the people here have asked for this kind of
>     information).
>
>     Thanks in advance
>     Günter Schwendinger
>
>     (Photos by Klaus Zimmermann)
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