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Caterpillars inside leaf - Odontota dorsalis
Copyright © 2007 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Caterpillars inside leaf - Odontota dorsalis
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 14, 2007
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 15 August, 2007 - 2:26am
Last updated 26 September, 2008 - 6:47pm

Moved
Moved from leaf mines. The lepidopteran mines on locust leaves would only have one larva per mine, and their legs wouldn't be so well developed. Odontota dorsalis lays eggs on leaf undersides in masses of 3-5, and a brown spot appears on the upper leaf surface above the egg mass--you can see the spot in these images. The larvae enter the leaf through one hole and together form a single blotch mine.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 September, 2008 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

leaf miner
This looks a lot like one I submitted a few weeks ago
Mine was on a Gambrel's oak, but the mining looked the same.
… Micki Killoran, 15 August, 2007 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I thought they might
Thanks! I thought they might be leaf miners. There are alot of differ plants with different types of the same things. I think I'll go see what others I can get photos of-assuming the host plant makes a difference?
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 15 August, 2007 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

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