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Rust-eating Midges (Genus Mycodiplosis)Observer
rolandwirthDescription
Feeding on Oak Fern Rust Hyalopsora aspidiotus
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Genus RhopalomyiaObserver
joshuacdeDescription
Super cool!! Large cluster of galls around stem of Artemisia ludoviciana with two recently emerged gall midges perched right above the galls. They were both females with very impressive ovipositors. Very fascinating part of nature that I was lucky to witness. I'm IDing as Rhopalomyia because every other Cecidomyiid forming galls on Artemisia is from that genus, and the adults are imilar in coloration to Rhopalomyia that have been reared by others.
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Genus PhytobiaObserver
danabrennanDescription
Bark miner in aspen. ID according to USFS documents. Will attempt to get specimens
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Catsear Gall Wasp (Phanacis hypochoeridis)Observer
cosmopterixDescription
c7609. This must be bivoltine, given how late in the season it is. I don't think it is likely it survived so green this long since the Spring.
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Life (Life)Observer
awenningerDescription
On dwarf birch, not sure if a gall or not
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Life (Life)Observer
rolandwirthDescription
Sap/Resin or Fungus? On Sitka spruce Picea sitchensis
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Clustered Midrib Gall Wasp (Andricus dimorphus)Observer
bugs_not_drugsDescription
On gambel oak
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Genus ContariniaObserver
mjplagensDescription
Previous obs. of this undescribed species on Olneya:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88486346
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89869305
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/90258802
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Genus ContariniaObserver
djringerDescription
On Vaccinium membranaceum. Larva exposed on the underside of the leaf.
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
suburbanpoisonDescription
On Quercus lobata
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Genus DasineuraObserver
cynestorDescription
Hairy midge! Gall collected 7/14, adult emerged 7/26. Original obs in the fields. Will preserve and add dissected gall photos later. 7/28 new photos, including gall dissection. Very difficult to see where the adult emerged, or pupal exuvia. This was the only bud in the rearing chamber. Since there was no other midge in any form, I think this is monothalamous.
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Alder Tongue Gall (Taphrina alni)Observer
bwelkoDescription
Both T alni ss and T occidentalis have been reported in Alaska... not sure which this is.
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
astrobirderDescription
apparently an unknown fruit gall on oreocarya. Another individual we opened on a different day had a tiny orange "worm" in it
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
amberenergyDescription
On Plantago maritima
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Genus EntomophthoraObserver
awenningerDescription
Fungus affecting the fly? the fly is holding onto a chive plant, not sure if that matters.
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Rhopalomyia salviaeObserver
hkibakDescription
Gall material collected on 4/15/24 see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207699213
and rearing chamber opened 4/23/24, midge was alive and walking around on the Salvia mellifera (Black Sage) material.
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Genus ExobasidiumObserver
awenningerDescription
On rhododendron menziesii (rusty menziesia)
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
garth_harwoodDescription
Galls with insect larvae of variable size on buds and flowers of Fendler's Meadow-rue.
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
joseph92Description
On Gayophytum. Assuming midges, but could be wrong.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
dgrimmphdDescription
Woods Canyon Trail, Sedona, Red Rock Country, Coconino National Forest, Yavapai County, Arizona
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
acorncapDescription
On Erigeron foliosus
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Gall and Rust Mites (Family Eriophyidae)Observer
awenningerDescription
On Betula neoalaskana, tree was cut down so I was able to see leaves in the canopy
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Club-horned Sawflies (Family Cimbicidae)Observer
awenningerDescription
Pupal case
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
simoneleDescription
On a fir species, maybe grand fir?
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Plums, Cherries, and Allies (Genus Prunus)Observer
buggyvDescription
on plum tree, only on Santa Rosa graft branch
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Genus LasiopteraObserver
cynestorDescription
First (of a few, I hope) gall former reared from this gall: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197097097
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
frankgoldenDescription
This observation was divided from # 198452548. The original observation tracks the plant while this new observation tracks the galls that formed on some of the branches.
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Tanoak Gall Wasp (Andricus notholithocarpi)Observer
norikonbuDescription
1 female emerged from one of these galls on tanoak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195401835
Collected: 12-27-2023
Emerged: 01-25-2024
(Last 3 photos were taken on Dec 30 when the gall was still fresh)
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
awenningerDescription
From galls on willow collected 1 Sept 2021. Placed in refrigerator until mid February 2022. Discovered this fly had emerged 17 March 2022. The vials were fairly humid so the adult flies are in poor shape, quite soft and deteriorate easily when I try to pick them up. I moved them to alcohol to hopefully stop the deterioration.
Example leaf gall from same willow bush: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93307708
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
ruby_anDescription
Insect on Salix sp. with Melampsora rust fungi. It appeared to be eating the rust.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
gwarkDescription
in Picea sitchensis cone
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
astrobirderDescription
on Croton texensis
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
toxicodendron_radicans
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
dgreenbergerDescription
don't remember/recognize the host. Some herbaceous asteraceae I guess
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
crothfelsDescription
The gall
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Casebearing Moths (Family Coleophoridae)Observer
faerthenDescription
Straw-like egg cases(?) stuck to walls and glass.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
eric_houghDescription
Galls on Guardiola arguta.
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Genus CembrotiaObserver
aurocyonDescription
Observation referring to the needle gall, host photos included for reference
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Cotton-gall Midge (Rhopalomyia utahensis)Observer
sixleggedsamDescription
Galls on Ericameria nauseosa
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
coreyjlangeDescription
Found on the grass species Hilaria jamesii. The galls look like onions
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Genus RhopalomyiaObserver
thrasherbirdDescription
Maybe? Not sure what plant this is..
