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Cecidomyiidae: Gall midge Larvae? - Cystiphora sonchi
Copyright © 2015 Carl Barrentine

Cecidomyiidae: Gall midge Larvae? - Cystiphora sonchi
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
August 5, 2015
Size: Length ~ 2 mm
Showing upper surface of the leaf.

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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 6 August, 2015 - 5:45pm
Last updated 3 May, 2016 - 1:17pm

Moved
Moved from unidentified midge galls and immature stages.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 May, 2016 - 1:17pm

 
Thanks, John and Charley!
This is excellent! Thank you! An introduced European species for the biological control of this weed, I see.
… Carl Barrentine, 3 May, 2016 - 4:23pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
… John F. Carr, 1 May, 2016 - 4:29pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges and Wood Midges.

What is the plant? Looks like maybe Sonchus?
… Charley Eiseman, 9 September, 2015 - 9:27pm

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