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Smilax blister gall midge - Meunieriella on-smilax - male
Copyright © 2019 Michael W. Palmer

Smilax blister gall midge - Meunieriella on-smilax - Male
Mehan, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
July 14, 2019
Size: 1.5mm
collection 5282.2. Eclosed 14 July.

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Contributed by Michael W. Palmer on 3 August, 2019 - 1:23pm

As many times
as I've found these, I've never found a larva, pupa or reared an adult.
Excellent.
… MJ Hatfield, 4 December, 2022 - 4:06pm

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