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Common boneset leafmining maggot - Calycomyza

Common boneset leafmining maggot - Calycomyza
Lisle, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
July 10, 2015
Size: 2 mm long
This leafmining maggot was found in a large mine on Eupatorium (common boneset). Its mine was one large pocket. The horns appear to be on its posterior. No prolegs seen.

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Any photos of the mine?

thanks, Dave

not a sawfly
Have never seen one like that, and there are none that I know of on Eupatorium.

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sawfly?

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