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fruit gall on jewelweed - Schizomyia impatientis
Copyright © 2011 John Pearson

fruit gall on jewelweed - Schizomyia impatientis
Jakway Forest, Aurora, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
September 17, 2011
Size: ~15 mm gall diameter
Gall developed on dangling capsule of Jewelweed (Impatiens sp., either capenesis or pallida) in bottomland forest. Several orange larvae present inside (next photo). Probably Schizomyia impatientis.

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fruit gall on jewelweed - Schizomyia impatientis fruit gall on jewelweed - Schizomyia impatientis
Contributed by John Pearson on 18 September, 2011 - 9:36am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 September, 2011 - 10:35am

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