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Partially Successful - Asphondylia ambrosiae

Partially Successful - Asphondylia ambrosiae
Desoto, Roy Orr Trail, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 3, 2010
Here is a gall and the weed I found it on--there were several on each plant, and, even though these weeds are very common, I don't know what they are. I was afraid that whatever came out of the gall might be too small to be restrained by netting, so I put the stem in a very small jar of water, placed it in a larger jar, and capped it. Because I do have a life apart from insects, I often forget to check jars each day. The result was a moldy weed, but I believe the insect, found dead in the jar on 09-10-10 is what came out of the gall.

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Partially Successful - Asphondylia ambrosiae Partially Successful - Asphondylia ambrosiae Partially Successful - Asphondylia ambrosiae - female

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The white fungus growing inside the cells--and I think the fact that the gall is multi-celled--distinguishes this from a fuzzy ragweed gall produced by another species of midge.

 
Amazing!
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The plant reminds me of ragweed
Genus Ambrosia

 
It might be
a species of ragweed--I always think of the the really tall ragweed when I hear the name.

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