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Leaf miners (mating)

Microrhopala rubrolineata

Photo by KarenL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

5 mm long leaf miners mating.

Habitat:

Stillhouse Falls Hollow, Tennessee.

Reference Links:

Leaf miner on Encelia (Brittle Bush) - Microrhopala rubrolineata - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Leaf miners (mating)

Microrhopala xerene

Reference Link
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Comments (5)
KarenL
Added to Southern Romance mission.
KarenL
Thanks Luc! Macro is so much easier when the subjects are too engrossed in what they are doing to run away!

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PublishedMarch 15, 2012

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