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Coleophora trifolii

Coleophora trifolii
Martha's Prairie road ditch, Warren County, Iowa, USA
September 16, 2010
Size: 5 mm
Collected larvae in cases on Melilotus sp., sweet clover, 10-Jul-2010.
In previous attempts to rear these I've only gotten parasitoid wasps or dead larvae in moldy cases. In this case the larva was alive and had turned around in the case which precedes pupation.