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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 » Goldenrod Bunch Gall (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)
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Another bunch gall fly - Rhopalomyia solidaginis - female
Copyright © 2010 Beatriz Moisset

Another bunch gall fly - Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Female
Peace Valley Nature Center, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 5, 2010
Size: 5.5-6 mm
Another bunch gall fly, this one from Southeastern PA and female, to go with the male from NJ. I had collected the galls two days earlier, on 10/3/2010. Many flies and a few parasitic wasps emerged while in an enclosed container and one fly emerged from its pupa in front of my eyes. I took another video.
Here is the video of the male.
This is the type of galls


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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 8 October, 2010 - 3:38pm
Last updated 5 January, 2019 - 4:19pm

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