A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife
Project Noah Nature School
Rhopalomyia solidaginis
This kind of goldenrod gall is caused by the larva of a midge fly. It stunts the growth of the stem, but not the leaves. Here's another kind: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/440....
Spotted on Oct 29, 2013
Submitted on Nov 23, 2013
4 Comments
You know, I saw a spotting of this kind of gall from someone else and went out to see if I could find one. It was late in the season, so mine's kind of beat up ... but I found one. I had seen goldenrod clumped up like that before, but I didn't know why.
amazing fact!Who would have known and who would have guessed!
Yes, inside, right at the base where the leaves start clumping up.
is the gall inside the leaves?