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Copyright © 2011 tom murray

stem gall - Neolasioptera boehmeriae

Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 2, 2011
Size: 14mm

There were 3 of these galls on a bare stem a few feet from the edge of a swamp. I don't know what the host is, but it was mixed in with plenty of goldenrods and a few asters.

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stem gall - Neolasioptera boehmeriae

stem gall - Neolasioptera boehmeriae

stem gall - Neolasioptera boehmeriae

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Contributed by tom murray on 2 October, 2011 - 10:44pm
Last updated 25 November, 2012 - 8:54am

Moved

Moved from Lasiopterini.
Thanks for checking that out Tom!

… Charley Eiseman, 25 November, 2012 - 8:54am

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Neolasioptera

Tom, do you think the host plant could be bindweed (Calystegia)? I have seen multiple stem galls in close proximity to one another on bindweed on the same stem, and that gall is Neolasioptera convolvuli(Felt)(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). The fly your showing appears to be a Neolasioptera.

… John Plakidas, 24 November, 2012 - 6:57pm

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Seems to be a plant with opposite leaves

That, combined with the wetland habitat, makes me think of N. boehmeriae on Boehmeria cylindrica. What do you think of that possibility?

… Charley Eiseman, 25 November, 2012 - 12:23am

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False Nettle

I just went back to the wetland and found a nice patch of Boehmeria cylindrica in the exact spot I collected the gall.

… tom murray, 25 November, 2012 - 8:50am

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Moved

Moved from Lasiopteridi.

… Charley Eiseman, 21 November, 2012 - 4:34pm

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Moved

Moved from Gall Midges.

… John F. Carr, 4 November, 2012 - 5:33pm

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… tom murray, 29 January, 2012 - 3:29pm

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