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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) » Gall Midges (Cecidomyiinae) » Cecidomyiidi » Mycodiplosis
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Cecidomyiidae, larvae on rust - Mycodiplosis
Copyright © 2014 MJ Hatfield

Cecidomyiidae, larvae on rust - Mycodiplosis
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 11, 2014
Batch
Fly larvae in with the (undetermined) rust aecial cups and spores on an (undetermined) plant.
I've never been able to rear fly larvae on rust.
More of the story here
September 12, 2016: Dr. Gagné ID’d as Mycodiplosis sp.

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 12 June, 2014 - 8:33am
Last updated 16 September, 2016 - 2:49pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges and Wood Midges.
… MJ Hatfield, 16 September, 2016 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Immature Stages.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 December, 2015 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Cecidomyiid
I think it's safe to say this is a cecidomyiid.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 June, 2015 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Just Wednesday
I was showing a friend how a lot of rusts will have orange fly larvae feeding on them. But I have never been able to rear a single adult fly from any of the rusts. Have you? Any words of wisdom for rearing?
… MJ Hatfield, 6 June, 2015 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

 
Never tried
But I've accidentally reared Mycodiplosis adults a few times while trying to rear leafminers, and I imagine the larvae had been feeding on unseen fungal growth. They just appeared in the vials without any special attention. If I were trying to rear them, I would put the leaves in jars with soil for them to burrow into, since that's what other gall midges want.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 June, 2015 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

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