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blotch mine on curly dock leaf - eggs on underside - Pegomya
Copyright © 2012 John Pearson

blotch mine on curly dock leaf - eggs on underside - Pegomya
Gray's Lake City Park, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
April 24, 2012
Size: ~3 mm each
View of egg clusters on underside of leaf beneath the mines.

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blotch mine on curly dock leaf - Pegomya blotch mine on curly dock leaf - Pegomya blotch mine on curly dock leaf - eggs on underside - Pegomya
Contributed by John Pearson on 25 April, 2012 - 12:59pm
Last updated 13 April, 2016 - 4:59pm

Moved
Moved from bicolor section.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 April, 2016 - 4:59pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 April, 2012 - 3:34pm

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