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Monday, 14 March 2011
Rat tailed maggot (Eristalis tenax)
Rat tailed maggot - found today up at the old distillery pond behind Port Charlotte. Probably the larvae of the Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax). It uses the long tail-like appendage as a breathing tube.
An adult Drone fly
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