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Coyote brush bud gall midge Baccharis pilularis,Coyote brush bud gall midge,Geotagged,Rhopalomyia californica,United States,gall,insect

Coyote brush bud gall midge

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WildFlower

Lion

Hi Alex, welcome to JungleDragon!
You have uploaded an interesting photo introducing two new species - the terminal bud gall midge (Rhopalomyia californica) on coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis). Unfortunately, the system does not allow to identify them both on one photo. As there is no Wikipedia entry for the gall midge to identify it automatically, I will create one in the JungleDragon database. You can send a request for this from the advanced options on the identification window. If you have another photo showing the plant you can upload it too.
Please also geotag the location or at least set the country.
http://joycegross.com/images.php?search=2&taxon=Rhopalomyia+californica&ordr=
https://montereywildflowers.com/Galls.php Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Welcome on board, Alex! You already discovered our main sport: introducing new species to the collection, well done! As @wildflower said, please also set the country. Location is equally important, it fuels our maps. Let me know if anything is unclear. Posted 8 years ago

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The Coyote brush bud gall midge

The galls caused by the coyote brush bud gall midge (Rhopalomyia californica Felt, 1908) often have leaves protruding from them.

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Similar species: True Flies

Species identified by WildFlower

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Uploaded Feb 8, 2017. Captured in 4901 Breakwater Ave, Hayward, CA 94545, USA.

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