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Photo#1735221
Tephritidae, dorsal - Trupanea signata

Tephritidae, dorsal - Trupanea signata
Quarry Prairie, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
September 21, 2019

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Tephritidae, puparium in Blazing star - Trupanea signata Tephritidae, dorsal - Trupanea signata Tephritidae, dorsal - Trupanea signata Tephritidae, lateral - Trupanea signata

Wow!
I'm pretty sure I ID'ed this correctly, which means this is a new eastern state record for this fly (or maybe evidence of a cryptic species being present within signata)! Also, this is a new genus as a host species for signata! The other ones that have been recorded are all also in the family Asteraceae (Anaphalis, Gnaphalium, Baccharis).

 
Spencer,
Wow right back at you.
Experts like you make this so much fun!
Thank you much.

Moved
Moved from Trupanea.