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Cecidomyiidae, Dogwood leaf gall - Parallelodiplosis subtruncata

Cecidomyiidae, Dogwood leaf gall - Parallelodiplosis subtruncata
Crossman Prairie, Howard County, Iowa, USA
July 10, 2016
July 6, 2016: collected Dogwood leaf galls on a prairie remnant
August 1, 2016: 1 fly larva at bottom of jar, in moisture, still alive, cut open 3 galls, 1 empty, 1 with live larva, 1 with what looked like dead larva
August 26, 2016: live adult, beautiful, orange & black, the only adult from this rearing
August 27,2016: larva into alcohol, a spent pupa
Batch rearing

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