Tag Archives: Liriomyza

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 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

Foiled Again

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Charley Eiseman

Now that I’ve put most of my bugs in the fridge for the winter, I can get back to catching up on sorting through my backlog of photos, which goes back to September of last year. I just reached the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Asteraceae, Diptera, Eucoilinae, Figitidae, Heliopsis, Hymenoptera, larva, leaf mine, Liriomyza, parasitism, parasitoid, puparium | 5 Comments

Some more flies 4 U

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Charley Eiseman

When I finished my previous post, I checked my email and discovered that my third paper with Owen Lonsdale has just been published*. In it we describe another ten new species of agromyzid flies, which brings our total to 49 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyza, Agromyza princei, Agromyzidae, Antennaria, Asteraceae, BioBlitz, black raspberry, Calycomyza, Calycomyza smallanthi, Diptera, fly, Garrya, Garryaceae, hairy leafcup, Lamiaceae, Liriomyza, Liriomyza garryae, Liriomyza phloxiphaga, new species, Ophiomyia, Ophiomyia antennariae, Phlox, Phytomyza, Phytomyza salviarum, Polemoniaceae, pussytoes, raspberry, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus occidentalis, sage, Salvia, silktassel, Smallanthus uvedalius | 6 Comments

Some more new flies

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Charley Eiseman

Nope, attention-grabbing titles just aren’t my forte. Anyway, you may recall that last fall Owen Lonsdale and I published a paper describing 30 new species of agromyzid flies, two of which I found right along my driveway, and the rest … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ageratina, Agromyzidae, Asteraceae, Bidens, Carphephorus, chalcid, Diptera, Eulophidae, fly, Hymenoptera, leaf mine, Liriomyza, Liriomyza carphephori, Mikania, new species, parasitoid, wasp | 5 Comments

Leaf-mining Flies

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Charley Eiseman

On May 12, I noticed a bunch of little yellow and black flies congregating on the leaves of some kind of Artemisia in the garden. Some of them were ovipositing, inserting eggs into the leaves, so that there was no … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Artemisia, Asteraceae, fly, leaf mine, Liriomyza | Leave a comment

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Introducing Haplopeodes loprestii

The Yard List(s), Part 11

The Yard List(s), Part 10

Foiled Again

Some more flies 4 U

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