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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Root-Maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae) » Pegomya group » Pegomya » Subgenus Pegomya (Pegomya Subgenus Pegomya) » bicolor section (Pegomya bicolor section) » Pegomya bicolor
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17-acre wood leaf miner on Rumex crispus D254 2016 1 - Pegomya bicolor
Copyright © 2016 Tracy S. Feldman

17-acre wood leaf miner on Rumex crispus D254 2016 1 - Pegomya bicolor
Durham, 17-acre wood preserve, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 15, 2016

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17-acre wood leaf miner on Rumex crispus D254 2016 1 - Pegomya bicolor 17-acre wood leaf miner on Rumex crispus D254 2016 2 - Pegomya bicolor
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 16 May, 2016 - 10:03pm
Last updated 1 February, 2017 - 12:29pm

I am not sure whether this ho
I am not sure whether this host species is R. crispus or R. conglomeratus--I am investigating that now.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 10 May, 2017 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from bicolor section.

Brad Sinclair identified your reared adults as Pegomya bicolor. There are no previous records for this species from south of Ohio and Pennsylvania. No other Rumex-mining Pegomya is known to come anywhere near North Carolina either. There was an old, questionable record of P. bicolor from R. crispus, so it's good to have that confirmed. I've reared this species from R. acetosella.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 February, 2017 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 May, 2016 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you want this one, or shou
Do you want this one, or should I rear it? I am fine either way. Does it need soil to bury in?
… Tracy S. Feldman, 17 May, 2016 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
You can keep this one
And yes, it does need soil. By the way, I just posted a summary of my rearing methods here.
I think I've only reared P. solennis from Rumex in New England, but there are several other options in other parts of the country.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 May, 2016 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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