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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Jul 03, 2008

We found it in our alfalfa tea water barrel.
It was under the water kind of hanging on to the side of the barrel. (there was more than one)
It has a tail as you can see, and crawled like a worm.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 03, 2008

This is a rat-tailed maggot, larva of a fly in the family Syrphidae. It is a harmless scavenger. The adult is known as a drone fly, and superficially resembles a honey bee - see http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/diptera/Eristalis.htm

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) Jul 03, 2008

No kidding... wow, I had no idea. We used to call those "H" bees when I was a kid.
Thank you

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