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Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall Habitat: Growing on Solidago sp. near the edge of a pond.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85194/rhopalomyia_solidaginis_-_goldenrod_bunch_gall.html" title="Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/85194_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=sp2dzU6v0%2BaebS01509C7heyrtA%3D" width="200" height="152" alt="Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall Habitat: Growing on Solidago sp. near the edge of a pond.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85192/swollen_bud_galls.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85193/swollen_bud_galls.html Geotagged,Rhopalomyia solidaginis,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85193/rhopalomyia_solidaginis_-_goldenrod_bunch_gall.html" title="Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/85193_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=ogQqELZ7O%2FcDdactQ%2F9B8bqtWJs%3D" width="200" height="164" alt="Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall Habitat: Growing on Solidago sp. near the edge of a pond.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85192/swollen_bud_galls.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85194/swollen_bud_galls.html Geotagged,Rhopalomyia solidaginis,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Rhopalomyia solidaginis,Summer,United States,bud gall,gall,galls,swollen bud gall Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall

Habitat: Growing on Solidago sp. near the edge of a pond.

Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall Habitat: Growing on Solidago sp. near the edge of a pond.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85192/swollen_bud_galls.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85193/swollen_bud_galls.html Geotagged,Rhopalomyia solidaginis,Summer,United States

Rhopalomyia solidaginis - Goldenrod Bunch Gall Habitat: Growing on Solidago sp. near the edge of a pond.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85192/swollen_bud_galls.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/85194/swollen_bud_galls.html Geotagged,Rhopalomyia solidaginis,Summer,United States

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    Perhaps the beginnings of bunch/rosette galls? Rhopalomyia solidaginis? Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Yep, I think so. Thanks! Go ahead and add the ID :). Posted 5 years ago
  3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Very nice one, and great team work! Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks :). Lisa is becoming the phytophagy wizard. Posted 5 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Definitely, it seems a specialty within a specialty. Very obscure. I like obscure. Posted 5 years ago

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The Goldenrod bunch gall

''Rhopalomyia solidaginis'', the goldenrod bunch gall, is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae.

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Similar species: True Flies
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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Uploaded Oct 2, 2019. Captured Jul 2, 2019 10:05 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
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