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The goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis), also known as the goldenrod ball gallmaker, is a species of fly native to North America. The species is best known for the characteristic galls it forms on several species in the Solidago, or goldenrod, genus. The fly's eggs are inserted near the developing buds of the plant.
Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls . Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects usually only 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in length; many are less than 1 mm (0.039 in) long.
Mordellistena convicta is a beetle in the genus Mordellistena of the family Mordellidae.It was described in 1862 by John Lawrence LeConte. [1] It is an inquiline known to inhabit the galls of the goldenrod gall fly, wherein the beetle both feeds on the plant tissue and usually consumes the fly larvae inside the gall.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Larvae feed on gall tissue of the goldenrod gall fly and often consume the fly larvae within the gall as well. [3]
Rhopalomyia solidaginis, the goldenrod bunch gall, is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae. The galls of this species have the following host species of goldenrods: Solidago altissima, Solidago canadensis, and Solidago rugosa. They have been found across eastern North America.
Larva of the Papilio xuthus butterfly Eurosta solidaginis goldenrod gall fly larva. A larva (/ ˈ l ɑːr v ə /; pl.: larvae / ˈ l ɑːr v iː /) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Dasineura folliculi is a species of gall midge that induces galls on several species of goldenrod in North America. [1] It was first described by Ephraim Porter Felt in 1908. [1] Adults live for only one to three days, mating near the goldenrod before laying eggs between leaves. Larvae are gregarious, with anywhere between five and eighty in a ...
Cecidochares connexa Chromolaena Stem Gall Fly; Eurosta comma goldenrod; Eurosta cribrata goldenrod; Eurosta floridensis Pine-barren Goldenrod fly [5] Eurosta solidaginis goldenrod gall fly; Eutreta novaeboracensis goldenrod root fly; Procecidochares anthracina ; Procecidochares atra Goldenrod Brussels Sprout Gall Fly; Procecidochares gibba ragweed