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From bioblitz - Dasineura salicifoliae
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

From bioblitz - Dasineura salicifoliae
Schoodic Point, Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA
July 30, 2010
Size: ~ 3 mm
Galls on meadow sweet, Spiraea latifolia var. alba (or is it Spiraea alba?). They tell me that when the larvae turn bright orange like this one they are about ready to pupate. Also, they reproduce by paedogenesis (reproduccion by larvae) during the spring and early summer, but now they may be starting to produce adults. I will try to get one.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 5 August, 2010 - 5:23pm
Last updated 16 January, 2019 - 3:28pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 December, 2010 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Too bad I never got the adults and I am not going back to Maine next year. Sigh!
… Beatriz Moisset, 15 December, 2010 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

Cecidomyiinae
All the true gall midges, those that form plant galls, are in subfamily Cecidomyiinae. The other "gall midge" subfamilies are ecologically fungus gnats.
… John F. Carr, 5 August, 2010 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

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