Maryland Biodiversity Project - Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia solidaginis)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge Rhopalomyia solidaginis (Loew, 1862)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Diptera > Family Cecidomyiidae > Genus Rhopalomyia Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge - Rhopalomyia solidaginis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/12441

Status:

"The female deposits an egg at the tip of the growing plant. Its larva secretes a chemical that prevents the goldenrod stem from growing although it continues to produce leaves, thus a shortened bunch of leaves is formed." (BugGuide)

Records:

There are 69 records in the project database.

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Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/12/2020). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 216837 - Psn: 45)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Caroline Co., Maryland (9/12/2020). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/15/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 414123 - Psn: 45)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/15/2021). (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Stephen John Davies via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A gall formed by a Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/20/2014). (Photo ID: 67826 - Psn: 65)

A gall formed by a Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/20/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/29/2019). (c) Andy Gougherty, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 263371 - Psn: 66)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Allegany Co., Maryland (7/29/2019). (c) Andy Gougherty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Andy Gougherty via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/2/2018). (c) Mark Apgar, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 267420 - Psn: 66)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/2/2018). (c) Mark Apgar, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Mark Apgar via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/7/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 409700 - Psn: 88)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Carroll Co., Maryland (7/7/2021). (c) tomfeild, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Tom Feild. (MBP list)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Washington Co., Maryland (9/25/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 455695 - Psn: 165)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Washington Co., Maryland (9/25/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/30/2022). (c) belby, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 566969 - Psn: 225)

Goldenrod Bunch Gall Midge in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/30/2022). (c) belby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Bonnie Bell. (MBP list)

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