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Leigh farm park leaf miner on Chrysopsis marina D403 2017 1 - Phytomyza

Leigh farm park leaf miner on Chrysopsis marina D403 2017 1 - Phytomyza
Leigh Farm Park, Durham, NC, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 1, 2017

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Were these all empty?
These appear to be Phytomyza mines rather than the new Calycomyza. Any leafminer on this host is going to be something interesting.

 
Unfortunately, all of these w
Unfortunately, all of these were empty. I will look for more, yet I wonder if I will need to wait until next spring to find them.

 
Maybe so
There certainly are some Phytomyza in the albiceps group that only come out in early spring. Others have at least two generations though, so it's worth checking back periodically.

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