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Epilobium canum galls - Contarinia zauschneriae

Epilobium canum galls - Contarinia zauschneriae
Del Puerto Canyon, Stanislaus County, California, USA
September 1, 2013
Gall cut open. Between the clumps of deformed leaves, inside other folded leaves(?) or some similar structures, were small larval chambers, one larva per chamber and several per gall.

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