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Cecidomyiidae, gall on wild 4 o'clocks - Neolasioptera allioniae
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiidae, gall on wild 4 o'clocks - Neolasioptera allioniae
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
September 1, 2011
August 31, 2011: collected a stem gall on Mirabilis nyctaginea, wild 4 o'clocks
Although these plants have been growing in my yard for about 12 years, this was the first year I've seen these galls. Quite lovely. However I think I picked them too early as they are now shriveled. I will hold on to them through spring, just in case. (I was going to collect another gall to open for a larva photo but .. it was a good intention.)

April 2012: adult flies (but mostly parasitoid wasps) began emerging and continued on into May


Raymond Gagne's red book, [n]The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America[/u], page 229, lists a Mirabilisstem gall as Neolasioptera sp.
R Gagné determined: Neolasioptera allioniae (Felt)
Specimens deposited NMNH.

Batch rearing.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 6 December, 2011 - 7:39pm
Last updated 20 March, 2021 - 6:35pm

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