Reared from (and standing on) Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Saltbush Gall Midge

Asphondylia (solidaginis?)

Diptera: Cecidomyiidae

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Reared from (and standing on) Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Reared from Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Reared from Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
Reared from Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Pupal case on Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
Reared from (and standing on) Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Pupal case on Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
Reared from (and standing on) Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Stem Gall of Saltbush (Atriplex sp.?). Big Canyon, Newport Beach, CA. Gall collected 7/10/10, midge hatched 7/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant. 		Parasitoids emerged from similar galls:


Torymus atriplicis, female


PBTor2, Female