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Leaf Miner Fly
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

Leaf Miner Fly
Ackwoth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
June 30, 2009
Size: mine ~4 cm long
Linear mine on leaf of cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum) in grassy old field. View of whole leaf, upper surface. The work of agromyzid fly larvae?

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Contributed by John Pearson on 3 July, 2009 - 8:17am
Last updated 15 March, 2014 - 12:22pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 March, 2014 - 12:22pm

agromyzid fly larvae
I would say so.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 July, 2009 - 9:36am

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