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Neolasioptera convolvuli Gall This plant had a bunch of galls on the stems. They kinda looked like small peanuts.<br />
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Habitat: On bindweed (not cultivated); meadow edge Geotagged,Neolasioptera,Neolasioptera convolvuli,Summer,United States,bindweed gall,gall,gall midge

Neolasioptera convolvuli Gall

This plant had a bunch of galls on the stems. They kinda looked like small peanuts.

Habitat: On bindweed (not cultivated); meadow edge

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Extraordinary photo! And I'm so happy with these galls documented, they're so beautiful:
https://www.jungledragon.com/wildlife/browse/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/diptera/cecidomyiidae Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I agree, so many gorgeous galls!! I love searching for them and find them nearly everywhere now that I am looking. Posted 5 years ago

Ernst

Lion

Looks like a pea nut? Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  I agree! Posted 5 years ago

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The Neolasioptera convolvuli

''Neolasioptera convolvuli'' is a species of gall midges, insects in the family Cecidomyiidae.

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Similar species: True Flies

Species identified by Christine Young

By Christine Young

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Uploaded Mar 10, 2020. Captured Sep 13, 2019 10:50 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.

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Canon EOS 80D
f/8.0
1/256s
ISO400
100mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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