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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Gall Midges and Wood Midges (Cecidomyiidae) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Lasiopteridi » Oligotrophini » Rhopalomyia » Rhopalomyia anthophila
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Rhopalomyia anthophila, Solidago flower gall with 2 larvae - Rhopalomyia anthophila
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Rhopalomyia anthophila, Solidago flower gall with 2 larvae - Rhopalomyia anthophila
Hawthorn Lake , Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
September 10, 2009
Size: 6+ mm gall
Netta Dorchin posts (first image of flower galls): "The white larva in the gall is that of the gall midge and the smaller, more orange larvae is a parasitoid."

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Cecidomyiidae, Solidago flower galls - Rhopalomyia anthophila Rhopalomyia anthophila, Solidago flower gall with 2 larvae - Rhopalomyia anthophila Rhopalomyia anthophila, Solidago flower gall with 2 larvae - Rhopalomyia anthophila Rhopalomyia anthophila larvae + parasitoid - Rhopalomyia anthophila Rhopalomyia anthophila larvae + parasitoid - Rhopalomyia anthophila Rhopalomyia anthophila pupa - Rhopalomyia anthophila
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 15 September, 2009 - 9:29pm
Last updated 14 April, 2020 - 11:44am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 September, 2009 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Rhopalomyia
Dr. Netta Dorchin have been helping me identify some of the gall flies of goldenrod. Her article is here; pages 6 and 7 would be the most interesting to you. It is very likely to be Rhopalomyia, but perhaps it is other than R. anthophila. There are a few others listed: R. cruziana, R. guttata, and R. racemicola.
Anyway, this is a great find. I hope that you open a few more galls. If you find the pupae they should be easier to identify than the larvae, from what I have learned. Also if you try to raise them, keeping them in water and covering them with netting, you may find some interesting things. I have been doing that, although the tiny size makes it terribly difficult. Knowing the species of goldenrod is also very important as I am finding out.
You can read about other gall makers and parasites. I will be happy to add yours to this growing list when we know a little more about it. You may contact Dr. Dorchin, her address is on the article.
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 September, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks much Beatriz. I believ
Thanks much Beatriz. I believe it is the Canada goldenrod, Solidago canadensis, very weedy. Yes, I have the plant in water in a jar covered with fine (wedding dress) material. But, having said that, I try a lot of galls without much success. I keep trying.

If I get emergence I will post a photo.

Thanks for the article link.
… MJ Hatfield, 18 September, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

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