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Cecidomyiidae, Stiff Goldenrod, upper side of leaf - Asteromyia carbonifera
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiidae, Stiff Goldenrod, upper side of leaf - Asteromyia carbonifera
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 21, 2016
August 21, 2016: collected this leaf of Stiff Goldenrod, Oligoneuron rigidum, (Solidago rigida), lots of galls
August 22, 2016: opened 1 gall to a pupa
August 26, 2016: mass emergence of adult flies, they continue to emerge for a couple of days
batch rearing

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 5 September, 2016 - 6:25am

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