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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

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

Balloon-faced Flies, Part 3

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Charley Eiseman

Twice before, I’ve posted photos of agromyzid flies freshly emerged from their puparia (hardened larval skins in which they pupate), with their faces grotesquely inflated. You may recall that since adult flies have no chewing mouthparts, they emerge from their … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Apiaceae, Diptera, fly, Iowa, leaf mine, Osmorhiza, Phytomyza, ptilinum, pupa, sweet cicely | 9 Comments

Dill Moths (and others)

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

On Tuesday I noticed webbing at the tops of some dill plants in the garden, with moth pupae suspended within. Most webs had a single pupa, but this one had three: Investigating further, I saw that the developing seeds on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acer, Acer saccharum, American chestnut, Apiaceae, Betula, Betula populifolia, birch, Cameraria, Castanea dentata, chestnut oak, Depressaria depressana, dill, Elachista, Elachistidae, Elymus, Elymus repens, Erebidae, evening primrose, Gracillariidae, gray birch, Haploa, Haploa clymene, leaf mine, maple, Mompha, moth, Nepticulidae, oak, Oenothera, Oenothera pilosella, Parornix, parsley family, Phyllonorycter, pin oak, pupa, quackgrass, Quercus, Quercus palustris, Quercus prinus, Quercus rubra, red oak, Stigmella, sugar maple, web | 10 Comments

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Carrot Stem Dwellers

The Yard List(s), Part 11

Balloon-faced Flies, Part 3

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