Early stages - Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurion)

Recognising the genus

1. Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurion) - confirmed by rearing

Photos by Nicola Garnham. Larva found among a cabbage patch on 8 January 2020. C. formosa larvae often have distinctive longitudinal stripes, but this individual is a rather pale example. The adult fly emerged on 17 May 2020.

Larva	Larva close-up of dorsal surface
Puparium after emergence (dorsal view)	Puparium after emergence (ventral view)
Puparium: head (ventral view)	Puparium: last segment (dorsal view)
Puparium: last segment (ventral view)	Freshly emerged adult female

2. Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurion) - confirmed by rearing

An album of photos by Jane Thomas showing two larvae and the resulting adults.

3. cf Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurion) - larva only

Photos by Nicola Garnham. Probably a Chloromyia formosa larva, based on the pattern of 9 longitudinal stripes. From a North Lancashire garden, in partly decomposed grass clippings.