Tag Archives: Agromyzidae

A leaf-mining midge odyssey (Part 1)

Posted on February 28, 2023 by Charley Eiseman

Back in 2012, when I had only recently realized I needed to write a complete guide to the leafminers of North America and as a result Julia and I were driving around the US to find them all, we visited … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Balsaminaceae, Ceanothus, Chironomidae, Diptera, Eriodictyon, Erythranthe, exuviae, fly, Gelechiidae, Impatiens, jewelweed, larva, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Limnophyes, Limnophyes viribus, Metepeira, Metriocnemus, Metriocnemus erythranthei, Metriocnemus eurynotus, midge, Mimulus, monkeyflower, Namaceae, Nepticulidae, new species, orbweaver, Phrymaceae, Phytomyza, Phytomyza eriodictyi, Plantaginaceae, pupa, Rhamnaceae, speedwell, spider, Tischeria, Tischeriidae, Veronica, Veronica anagallis-aquatica, water speedwell, web, Xenolechia ceanothiella, yerba santa | 2 Comments

Dogwood Mysteries

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

As I go through my Leafminers of North America e-book and update each chapter for the (now nearly complete) second edition, I’ve been putting together a spreadsheet of mystery leaf mines that need further investigation. There are now over 700 … Continue reading →

Posted in Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agromyzidae, Cornaceae, Cornus, Diptera, dogwood, fly, Gracillariidae, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, moth, Nepticulidae, Phyllocnistis, Phytomyza, Phytomyza agromyzina, Phytomyza notopleuralis | 4 Comments

Carrot Stem Dwellers

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Carrot (Apiaceae: Daucus carota) is native to Europe but widely cultivated and has become a ubiquitous weed in North America (also known as Queen Anne’s lace), so you’d think we’d have a pretty good handle on what bugs eat it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agromyzidae, Alysiinae, Apiaceae, beetle, black swallowtail, booklouse, Braconidae, Bradysia, Bradysia impatiens, butterfly, caterpillar, chalcid, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, dark-winged fungus gnat, Daucus carota, Diptera, Entedoninae, Epermenia, Epermenia albapunctella, Epermeniidae, Eulophidae, fungus gnat, Gracillariidae, Herbertia, Hymenoptera, inquiline, larva, leaf mine, leafminer, Lepidoptera, Liposcelidae, Liposcelis, Listronotus, Marmara, Miscogastrinae, Ophiomyia, Opiinae, Papilio, Papilio polyxenes, Papilionidae, parasitism, parasitoid, parsley family, Psocodea, Pteromalidae, puparium, Sciaridae, stem borer, stem mine, swallowtail, wasp, web, weevil, wild carrot | 4 Comments

Life in a Wingstem Stem

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

On May 8 last year, Julia and I visited her family’s land in Hocking County, Ohio (which we’ll be doing again today, as it happens), and for whatever reason, a little clump of dead wingstem (Asteraceae: Verbesina alternifolia) stems from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Asteraceae, beetle, Brachistinae, Brachistini, Braconidae, Cecidomyiidae, Coleoptera, Diptera, Figitidae, fly, gall, gall midge, Hymenoptera, larva, Melanagromyza, Melanagromyza vernoniana, Mordellidae, Neolasioptera, Neolasioptera imprimata, parasitism, parasitoid, Platygaster, Platygastridae, pupa, puparium, stem borer, tumbling flower beetle, Verbesina, Verbesina alternifolia, wasp, wingstem | 5 Comments

Oak Shotholes

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Charley Eiseman

At the moment there are 648 observations on iNaturalist purporting to show the “oak shothole leafminer” (Agromyzidae: Japanagromyza viridula). Apparently I have personally verified 93 of them, in almost all cases based on the presence of leaf mines. Virtually all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyzidae, Cecidomyiidae, Contarinia, Diptera, gall, gall midge, Hymenoptera, Japanagromyza viridula, larva, leaf mine, midge, oak, Pergidae, Periclista, Quercus, Quercus rubra, red oak, sawfly, Tenthredinidae | 8 Comments

Introducing Haplopeodes loprestii

Posted on February 18, 2021 by Charley Eiseman

This leafminer business all started nearly ten years ago, in the fall of 2011. I had become fascinated with these tiny creatures while I was writing Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates a few years earlier, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Abronia, Agromyzidae, Diptera, Fagonia, fly, Gelechiidae, Gnorimoschemini, Haplopeodes, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Liriomyza, Liriomyza trifolii, moth, new species, Zygophyllaceae | 5 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 12

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

If you have somehow been keeping up with all these posts, you will recall that back in Episode 10 I found a sawfly larva on lady fern (Athyrium angustum) next to my house. Yesterday I stepped out the front door … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acrocercops astericola, Agromyzidae, Anacardiaceae, Antaeotricha, Anthomyiidae, aster, Asteraceae, Athyrium, Chirosia, Chirosia pusillans, Cicadellidae, Depressariidae, Diptera, egg, fern, fly, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, Impatiens, Impatiens capensis, interrupted fern, jewelweed, lady fern, larva, leaf mine, leafhopper, moth, Osmunda, Osmunda claytoniana, Osmundaceae, Phytoliriomyza melampyga, Rhus, Rhus typhina, sawfly, staghorn sumac, sumac, Symphyotrichum, Symphyotrichum lateriflorum, Tenthredinidae | 6 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 11

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Now that I’ve declared my intention to find as many sawfly larvae as possible, they’re starting to show up everywhere I look. Today Julia and I made a rare trip away from home, lured by the news from my mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agromyzidae, Amelanchier, Aphrophoridae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Betula, Betulaceae, birch, black cherry, butterfly, casebearer, Coleophora, Coleophora pruniella, Coleophoridae, Colias, Collembola, Daucus carota, Diptera, Dolerus, egg, Epermenia, Epermenia albapunctella, Epermeniidae, flesh fly, fly, fox grape, Galium, Galium mollugo, gall, globular springtail, goldenrod, gooseberry, Gracillariidae, grape, Grossulariaceae, harvestman, Heliopsis helianthoides, Heliozela aesella, Heliozelidae, Hymenoptera, larva, leaf roll, Lepidoptera, Liriomyza, Liriomyza arctii, Liriomyza eupatorii, Liriomyza galiivora, Opiliones, oxeye, Pamphiliidae, Pamphilius, paper birch, Parornix, Philaenus spumarius, Phyllocnistis, Phyllocnistis vitifoliella, Pieridae, Prunus, Prunus serotina, pussy willow, Ribes, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Salix, Salix discolor, Sarcophagidae, sawfly, shadbush, Solidago, spittlebug, springtail, sulphur, Tenthredinidae, thrips, Thysanoptera, Vitaceae, Vitis, Vitis labrusca, wild carrot, wild madder, willow | 12 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 10

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Yikes, I let more than a week go by since my last report on the yard lists. I guess I’m due for an update! First the leafminers… #32: Pegomya bicolor section (Anthomyiidae). On May 30 I saw the beginnings of mines … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyza, Agromyza alnibetulae, Agromyza princei, Agromyzidae, Anthomyiidae, Argidae, ash, aspen, Athyriaceae, Athyrium, Athyrium angustum, beebalm, beetle, Betula, Betula papyrifera, Betulaceae, bigtooth aspen, birch, black cherry, black raspberry, Caloptilia, Caloptilia fraxinella, Calycomyza, Calycomyza menthae, cherry, Chrysomelidae, clover, cocoon, Coleoptera, Conotrachelus nenuphar, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, curly dock, Dichanthelium, Diptera, dock, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, fern, fly, Fraxinus, Fraxinus americana, Glyphuroplata pluto, Gracillariidae, grass, Hymenoptera, lady fern, Lamiaceae, Landryia impositella, larva, leaf mine, Liriomyza, Liriomyza fricki, Marmara, Monarda, Monarda didyma, oak, Oleaceae, paper birch, pear, Pegomya, Pergidae, plum curculio, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Populus, Populus grandidentata, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Quercus, Quercus rubra, raspberry, red oak, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus occidentalis, Rumex, Rumex crispus, Salicaceae, sawfly, Scythrididae, Sterictiphora, Strongylogaster, Tenthredinidae, Trifolium, Trifolium repens, weevil, white ash, white clover | 9 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 9

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Things are really picking up now… First of all, I collected something from the arborvitae hedge at the end of the day yesterday that I didn’t get around to investigating until this morning. There were two of these little white … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyza, Agromyza aristata, Agromyzidae, American elm, Anthomyiidae, apple, Argyresthia, Argyresthiidae, Asteraceae, beetle, Betula, Betula lenta, Betulaceae, birch, black birch, black raspberry, Castanea, Chalepini, Chalepus, Chalepus bicolor, chestnut, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Coleophora, Coleophora comptoniella, Coleophora serratella, Coleoptera, Corylus, Cosmopterigidae, Cosmopterix, Cosmopterix gemmiferella, deertongue grass, Dichanthelium, Dichanthelium clandestinum, Diptera, elm, Fagaceae, fly, goldenrod, Gracillariidae, grass, hazelnut, Hymenoptera, Japanagromyza viridula, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Leucospilapteryx, Malus, Marmara, new species, oak, Orchestes, Orchestes mixtus, Pegomya, Pegomya rubivora, Pergidae, Phytomyza, Phytomyza solidaginophaga, Poaceae, Quercus, Quercus rubra, raspberry, red oak, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus occidentalis, sawfly, Solidago, Solidago canadensis, Solidago rugosa, stem mine, Sumitrosis, Sumitrosis inaequalis, Thuja, Ulmaceae, Ulmus, Ulmus americana | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: Agromyzidae

A leaf-mining midge odyssey (Part 1)

Dogwood Mysteries

Carrot Stem Dwellers

Life in a Wingstem Stem

Oak Shotholes

Introducing Haplopeodes loprestii

The Yard List(s), Part 12

The Yard List(s), Part 11

The Yard List(s), Part 10

The Yard List(s), Part 9

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