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Aulagromyza similis (Brischke, 1881) (a leaf-mining fly)

Date: 7 June 2005
Location: South Wiltshire, England
Voucher: 07/06/2005[W]
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State: Larva
Record Summary: Leaf mines in Scabious
Associated organism: in mines in live leaf of Knautia arvensis
Identification Notes: 4 mines: 2 with larvae, 2 empty.

Mines quite clean, with little frass.

Pupariated outside mine - larva crawled around emptying gut, puparium glued down with faeces. Puparium dark brown.

2 puparia, both failed to emerge.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up 500 by 149 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up 500 by 266 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up 500 by 211 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up 500 by 333 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - leaf upper surface - close-up 500 by 314 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - transmitted light - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - transmitted light - close-up - enlarged 500 by 436 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaves - lower surfaces 326 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaves - upper surfaces 313 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium - lateral view - magnified 500 by 273 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium - ventero-lateral view - magnified 500 by 394 pixels

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