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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Phytomyzinae » Liriomyza » Liriomyza blechi

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Plantago rugelii D1159 2018 1 - Liriomyza blechi

Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
August 6, 2018

Liriomyza? not a mine at all?

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Plantago rugelii D1159 2018 1 - Liriomyza blechi

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Plantago rugelii D1159 2018 1 - Liriomyza blechi

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Plantago rugelii D1159 2018 3 - Liriomyza blechi

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 6 August, 2018 - 2:37pm
Last updated 10 August, 2018 - 7:29pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

This is probably correct, but this one is more convincing (L. blechi is supposed to make a more blotchy mine):

I'm not sure when is the best time to find these. The only time I reared L. blechi was from mines I found in northern Florida in late March. The puparium is formed within the leaf in this species; I think it may be visible in your shot of the lower leaf surface.

… Charley Eiseman, 10 August, 2018 - 7:29pm

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Certainly a mine...

Almost looks like it might be Dibolia?

… Charley Eiseman, 9 August, 2018 - 5:32pm

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Are Dibolia mines also focuse

Are Dibolia mines also focused on the upper side of the leaves? Dibolia borealis?

… Tracy S. Feldman, 9 August, 2018 - 8:37pm

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It would be D. borealis...

Dibolia mines are typically more full-depth, but the frass pattern here seems more beetle-like than fly-like. I'm not sure; I could probably decide if I examined the leaf.

… Charley Eiseman, 9 August, 2018 - 8:47pm

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Sorry--soon after I took thes

Sorry--soon after I took these photos, I misplaced the leaf--that usually doesn't happen to me, but it happened to this one. I was out doing other things and found this while focusing on something else. I will have to look for more. I checked those plants for other mines and found none. Are they more prevalent in the spring, summer, or fall?

… Tracy S. Feldman, 9 August, 2018 - 8:51pm

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