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Goldenrod Gall Fly.

Eurosta solidaginis

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3 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Hi Maggie and Sanmiggums! This actually is where a wasp has placed her eggs, inside the stem of this goldenrod, and they have grown into larva and eventually wasps, swelling the stem. They get out by chewing out a hole.

sanmiggums
sanmiggums 11 years ago

Well it's not even a fly

sanmiggums
sanmiggums 11 years ago

Not a type of fly.

Fyn Kynd
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Fyn Kynd

Maine, USA

Spotted on Dec 5, 2012
Submitted on Dec 7, 2012

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