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Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 6 - Ophiomyia carolinensis

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 6 - Ophiomyia carolinensis
Leigh Farm Park, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 10, 2018

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Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 1 - Ophiomyia carolinensis Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 2 - Ophiomyia carolinensis Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 3 - Ophiomyia carolinensis Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 4 - Ophiomyia carolinensis Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 5 - Ophiomyia carolinensis Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Symphyotrichum patens D916 2018 6 - Ophiomyia carolinensis

Moved
Moved from Ophiomyia.

Moved

This one is really sneaky
The puparium is hidden on the underside of the leaf, about 2 cm away from the apparent end of the mine (just outside of the frame of this photo). It's also covered by a bit of green tissue, rather than right against the epidermis.

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