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St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1913 2020 1 - Bucculatrix

St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1913 2020 1 - Bucculatrix
Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
December 13, 2020
Not sure if any of the ones I found were occupied... should I refrigerate them? It is pretty warm out now...

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St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1913 2020 1 - Bucculatrix St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1913 2020 2 - Bucculatrix St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1913 2020 3 - Bucculatrix

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

It looks like there is a larva in the molting cocoon (first photo)? You might wait a bit before refrigerating, to see if it comes out and resumes feeding.

 
I was hoping it wasn't a molt
I was hoping it wasn't a molt--it may not be. I will leave them out. But if it spins a cocoon, then I can refrigerate...

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