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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) » Larvae
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Unknown insect found on invasive kudzu vine
Copyright © 2010 jessica33

Unknown insect found on invasive kudzu vine
Nyack, NY, Rockland County, New York, USA
November 12, 2010
Size: larva = < 1mm

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Unknown insect found on invasive kudzu vine Unknown insect found on invasive kudzu vine
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Contributed by jessica33 on 15 November, 2010 - 11:17am
Last updated 17 November, 2012 - 9:08pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges and Wood Midges.
… John F. Carr, 17 November, 2012 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Armored Scale Insects. Probably caught in a "Tag All"
… John R. Maxwell, 6 April, 2011 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

 
sure... my apologies!
… v belov, 8 April, 2011 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
… v belov, 6 April, 2011 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

 
Why did you move it? the firs
Why did you move it? the first pic are the scales, but the other is the predator....?!
… Martin Hauser, 6 April, 2011 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 December, 2010 - 3:16pm login or register to post comments

This is the predatory larvae
This is the predatory larvae of a Cecidomyiidae. They feed on the scales. It is typical that their color is yellowish to orange...
… Martin Hauser, 15 November, 2010 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Are these gall midges? Would
Are these gall midges? Would their galls be found somewhere close by?
… jessica33, 15 November, 2010 - 3:24pm login or register to post comments

 
They are in the same family,
They are in the same family, but not all species and genera in this family are producing galls... there is a group of species which are free living and eating scales and aphids... they are the "black sheep's" of this vegan family ;-). So no galls for these flies...
… Martin Hauser, 15 November, 2010 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you, your information was very helpful!
… jessica33, 29 November, 2010 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

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