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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Opomyzoidea » Leaf Miner Flies (Agromyzidae) » Ophiomyiinae » Ophiomyia » Ophiomyia vockerothi
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Lake Crabtree stem miner on Lactuca canadensis D1125A 2018 1 - Ophiomyia vockerothi
Copyright © 2018 Tracy S. Feldman

Lake Crabtree stem miner on Lactuca canadensis D1125A 2018 1 - Ophiomyia vockerothi
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
August 9, 2018
I collected more of these yesterday, but I am not sure if they are still alive. Do these look damaged (or parasitized)?

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Lake Crabtree stem miner on Lactuca canadensis D1125A 2018 1 - Ophiomyia vockerothi Lake Crabtree stem miner on Lactuca canadensis D1125A 2018 2 - Ophiomyia vockerothi
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 10 August, 2018 - 10:40pm
Last updated 11 August, 2018 - 7:13am

A male emerged from D1141
I also collected stems with "scabs" in Maine two weeks ago, so with any luck we'll have specimens of this species from four states.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 August, 2018 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

 
Great news. Thank you for th
Great news. Thank you for the update.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 12 August, 2018 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Owen just identified D1141:
Ophiomyia vockerothi (first host record for this species). I'll wait to see if all the other "Lactuca scab flies" get the same ID before I move any photos around.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 January, 2020 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool! I look forward to hear
Cool! I look forward to hearing more when he identifies the rest.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 9 January, 2020 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

They look potentially viable, though I can't be sure.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 August, 2018 - 7:13am login or register to post comments

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