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Larva killed by parasitoids - Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis

Larva killed by parasitoids - Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis
Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 16, 2015
Inside this gall there was the outer skin of the gall causer larva, full of exit holes. There are two species of parasitoid Copidosoma wasps that can occur in elliptical goldenrod galls; they develop inside the larva. Note that the larva was able to prepare an exit tunnel.

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Small exit hole in a goldenrod elliptical gall - Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis Larva killed by parasitoids - Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginis