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Cecidomyiinae, gall on Bindweed - Neolasioptera convolvuli
Copyright © 2018 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiinae, gall on Bindweed - Neolasioptera convolvuli
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
December 6, 2018
Size: 9+ mm
November 30, 2018: JD Thompson collected galls on Bindweed, Calystegia sepium
cut open 4 galls in search of a larva
December 6, 2018: this is gall #1, dead larva was in a hardened long central gall (that may be surrounded by fungus)
gall #2: opened to dead larval husk and parasitoid larva

gall #3: squished the larva while opening
gall #4: a live fly larva

Rest of galls into the fridge for winter
May 19, 2019: o/b, 1 gall fly emerged, far more wasps emerged than this 1 gall fly


Batch rearing

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 8 December, 2018 - 1:26pm
Last updated 28 January, 2024 - 1:46pm

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