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Orange Midge Larvae on Purpletop
Copyright © 2014 Sheryl Pollock

Orange Midge Larvae on Purpletop
Virginia State Arboretum, Clarke County, Virginia, USA
September 5, 2014
Size: under dissecting scope
While learning grass identifications, there was this orange structure. But it crawled away! It may be a midge larva. It looked very striking against the purple grass. Hope you can have some luck. Is it the Sorghum midge larva, Contarinia sorghicola? I can't find a good photo. But it has been know to infect Purpletop (Tridens flava) apparently.

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Contributed by Sheryl Pollock on 16 September, 2014 - 6:29am
Last updated 1 May, 2016 - 4:32pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Midges.
… John F. Carr, 1 May, 2016 - 4:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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According to the catalog(1) Stenodiplosis albescentis Gagné is associated with Triodia flava, which is probably the same as Tridens flava.
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