3.7mm bl. Reared from a Creosote Stem Gall. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Creosote Stem Gall Midge Asphondylia auripila Diptera: Cecidomyiidae (*This species and its host plant not known from Orange County, CA) Back to Diptera index page |
3.7mm bl. Reared from a Creosote Stem Gall. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
3.7mm bl. Reared from a Creosote Stem Gall. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Creosote Stem Gall, younger; 3.2cm diam. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Creosote Stem Gall, older; 3.2cm diam. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Presumed inducer larva (red star) inside one of the component galls of the polythalamous Creosote Stem Gall; An intact component gall to the right. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Presumed inducer larva inside one of the component galls of the polythalamous Creosote Stem Gall. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Exuvium (pupal case) from the presumed inducer showing on the surface of the polythalamous Creosote Stem Gall. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Exuvium (pupal case) from the presumed inducer showing on the surface of the polythalamous Creosote Stem Gall. Fish Creek Wash, Anza Borrego Springs, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. |