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Cecidomyiidae on Three-seeded Mercury - Resseliella globosa
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiidae on Three-seeded Mercury - Resseliella globosa
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 20, 2015
August 19, 2015: saw galls on Three-seeded Mercury, Acalypha rhomboidea (plant ID by M. Leoschke)
August 20, 2015: collected the plant with galls
As per Gagne's RedBook: "Flower buds with swollen, imbricated leaves … Resseliella sp."
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August 22, 2015: opened 3 galls: 1 empty, one with a parasitoid wasp pupa, one with orange fly larvae
August 31, 2015: (on or before) adult wasps
Batch (attempted) rearing
September 11, 2015: galls are mush

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Cecidomyiidae on Three-seeded Mercury - Resseliella globosa Cecidomyiidae on Three-seeded Mercury, gall - Resseliella globosa Cecidomyiidae on Three-seeded Mercury, larvae - Resseliella globosa Parasitica on Cecidomyiidae on Three-seeded Mercury
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 26 August, 2016 - 8:44am
Last updated 25 September, 2018 - 12:22pm

Moved
Moved from Resseliella.
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Moved
Moved from Unidentified parasitic immatures.
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