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St. Andrews stem miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1749 2020 1 - Marmara
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St. Andrews stem miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1749 2020 1 - Marmara
Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
July 11, 2020
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St. Andrews stem miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1749 2020 1 - Marmara St. Andrews stem miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1749 2020 2 - Marmara St. Andrews stem miner on Eupatorium capillifolium SA1749 2020 3 - Marmara
Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 13 July, 2020 - 1:30pm
Last updated 28 July, 2020 - 7:16am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

12 platygastrids just appeared in this vial. There are two stem sections, one with a distinct "bark flap" and the other without. The only exit hole I could find was in the second stem; the larval remains under the stem epidermis do appear to be Marmara, so I'm not sure what to make of the platygastrids, which should be gall midge parasitoids.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 July, 2020 - 7:16am

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