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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza » Liriomyza ptarmicae
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Yellow & black fly - Liriomyza ptarmicae - female
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Yellow & black fly - Liriomyza ptarmicae - Female
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
May 12, 2011
Size: 1.7 mm
There were a number of these congregating on one type of plant in the garden; I think it's some kind of Artemisia. Some, like this one, were laying eggs. When this fly was done, there was nothing visible to the naked eye, but I could see some incisions in the leaf with my macro lens.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 May, 2011 - 6:02pm
Last updated 11 April, 2018 - 10:20am

Moved
Moved from Liriomyza.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 April, 2018 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 May, 2011 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. [Note: I had originally labeled this as a frit fly.]
Aha! That would explain why they were ovipositing in leaves--thanks! (Moved to family level for now.)
… Charley Eiseman, 13 May, 2011 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

Or...
Maybe Liriomyza?

… Yurika Alexander, 13 May, 2011 - 12:10am login or register to post comments

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