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Cecidomyiidae, Solidago leaf galls - Asteromyia carbonifera
Copyright © 2010 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiidae, Solidago leaf galls - Asteromyia carbonifera
rural Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 14, 2007
This photo taken 14-Jul-2007 of adjacent galls to the ones I reared .

Reared gall makers on goldenrod (Solidago canadensis/altissima complex as per J Pearson) leaf galls collected 29-Jun-2007.
4 adults emerge 5-Jul-2007, cut open galls 12-Jul-2007 and found 2 live pupae
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 13 September, 2010 - 5:17am
Last updated 10 April, 2013 - 10:07pm

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