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AGROMYZIDAE (leaf-mining flies)

Date: 28 June 2005
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 28/06/2005[E]
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State: Larva
Record Summary: Mines in Creeping Thistle leaf
Associated organism: in mined leaf of Cirsium arvense
Identification Notes: Pupariates in the mine with spiracles poking through cuticle on underside of leaf.

Reared 1 parasitic wasp.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Mine - upper side - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine - under side - close-up - enlarged 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mine with puparium - leaf under side - close-up - enlarged 500 by 487 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaf - 1 - upper side - close-up 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaf - 1 - under side - close-up 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaf - 2 - upper side - close-up 500 by 333 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaf - 2 - under side - close-up 500 by 298 pixels
naked eye photograph Mined leaf - 3 - upper side - close-up 500 by 360 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium - cuticle on leaf underside removed - magnified - close-up 500 by 249 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium - cuticle on leaf underside removed - magnified 500 by 332 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium with spiracles protruding through cuticle on leaf underside - magnified 500 by 408 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium with spiracles protruding through cuticle on leaf underside - magnified 500 by 298 pixels

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