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Leafminer, aster - Bucculatrix staintonella
Copyright © 2018 John van der Linden

Leafminer, aster - Bucculatrix staintonella
Meadow Farm, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
January 19, 2018
01/19/17 Mined leaves (including this one) collected; this photo taken. In mine in upper half of image, larva is at far left (arrow, though it's mighty hard to make out)

Batch rearing in progress, indoors at room temperature

01/20/17 The following morning, this larva had moved through its mine a ways and eaten a little (see next image)

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Contributed by John van der Linden on 20 January, 2018 - 12:24pm
Last updated 30 April, 2018 - 2:27pm

Moved
Moved from Section II (aster and mint leafminers).
… John van der Linden, 30 April, 2018 - 2:27pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 2 February, 2018 - 7:30pm

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