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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D2174 2020 3.1 - Baliosus nervosus
Copyright © 2020 Tracy S. Feldman

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D2174 2020 3.1 - Baliosus nervosus
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
June 4, 2020
I don't recall seeing anything like this before--I have no idea what this is--the mine may be empty, but there is a possible puparium inserted in the peninsula of tissue between the two holes??

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 4 June, 2020 - 9:35pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

That's the eggshell. Another new host for this beetle! (I've reared it from B. lenta.)
… Charley Eiseman, 4 June, 2020 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Baliosus did cross my mind, b
Baliosus did cross my mind, but I guess these are just small mines (aborted/eaten by predators), and the holes near the start of the mine threw me off--Cool! Thanks again for the ID!
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