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Leaf mine - Liriomyza
Copyright © 2013 Tom Klein

Leaf mine - Liriomyza
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 30, 2013
In Silphium perfoliatum.
Contributed by Tom Klein on 1 July, 2013 - 8:49pm
Last updated 9 December, 2013 - 8:07am

Moved
Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 December, 2013 - 8:07am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

This is definitely an agromyzid mine, with larva still inside, but there is no agromyzid known to mine in Silphium. If you find more occupied mines, please collect them and try to rear them to adults.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 July, 2013 - 4:09pm

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