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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Cecidomyiidi » Cecidomyiini » Contarinia » Contarinia undescribed-species-on-milkweed
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Milkweed Leaffolder - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-milkweed
Copyright © 2015 Aaron Hunt

Milkweed Leaffolder - Contarinia undescribed-species-on-milkweed
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
August 11, 2015
Under microscope.

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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 11 August, 2015 - 10:32pm
Last updated 15 September, 2015 - 7:55pm

Moved
Moved from Contarinia.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 September, 2015 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 September, 2015 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Do these help?
If not I'll get more. I'm just not sure what dorsal is with a tiny, dead, seemingly radially symmetrical specimen. If these don't help (or even if they do), how can I find dorsal?
… Aaron Hunt, 15 August, 2015 - 12:58am login or register to post comments

Other angel of view?
Do you have other angles of view? I would like to see the head and a dorsal view of this quality if possible before to try an identification. Thanks!
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 14 August, 2015 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Well...
I don't have a macro lens and as such couldn't take pictures of views I wanted without pushing the specimen around, a nearly impossible task with such a small animal. They all died, so I'm not sure why they were in the milkweed or what they actually eat.
The good news, though, is that I haven't yet tossed the dead and will get pictures of one. Since it's dead I should be able to turn it around for different views.
… Aaron Hunt, 15 August, 2015 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

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