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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Cecidomyiidi » Asphondyliini » Asphondylia » saltbush feeding species (Asphondylia saltbush feeding species) » Asphondylia neomexicana
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Branch with galls - Asphondylia neomexicana
Copyright © 2017 Edward L. Ruden

Branch with galls - Asphondylia neomexicana
Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
September 17, 2017
Size: 9-12 mm galls
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This image is from a Helicon Focus processed stack of 49 images with a 635 µm step taken with a Nikon 200mm F/4 AF-D ED-IF Micro Nikkor macro set to F/8 + Nikon D810 camera.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 7 October, 2017 - 10:35pm

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