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gall midge - Monarthropalpus flavus - female
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gall midge - Monarthropalpus flavus - Female
Brookside Gardens, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
April 23, 2017

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 4 May, 2017 - 9:36pm
Last updated 13 October, 2018 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from Cecidomyiidi.
… John F. Carr, 5 June, 2018 - 2:55pm

Monarthropalpus flavus (Cecidomyiidae)
This female appears to be the Box Wood gall midge, Monarthropalpus flavus. You can see the chitinous ovipositor that curls up at the end of the abdomen, and your specimens are the same color, bright orange. I also get them here in Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh the same time frame, late April and early May.
… John Plakidas, 5 June, 2018 - 2:25pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 5 May, 2017 - 6:27am

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