Minnesota Seasons - goldenrod gall fly


goldenrod gall fly				More photos…
Eurosta solidaginis

Taxonomy	Order:	Diptera (gnats, mosquitoes, true flies)
	Suborder:	Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, mouches muscoïdes, muscoid flies, short-horned flies)
	Infraorder:	Muscomorpha
	No Rank:	Eremoneura
	No Rank:	Cyclorrhapha
	No Rank:	Schizophora
	No Rank:	Acalyptratae
	Superfamily:	Tephritoidea (fungus gnats and gall midges)
	Family:	Tephritidae (fruit flies)
	Subfamily:	Tephritinae
	Tribe:	Dithrycini
	Subtribe:	Eurostina

Status
Flight/Season	April to May
Habitat
Size	¼″ to ⅜″

Identification

Similar Species

Larval Hosts	Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea) and late goldenrod (Solidago altissima).

Adult Food

Life Cycle

Behavior

Range			Sources: 7.

Sightings	Agassiz Dunes SNA Avon Hills Forest SNA North Unit Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Cannon Wilderness Woods Carver Park Reserve Cedar Mountain SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow Wing State Park Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park Gneiss Outcrops SNA Hayes Lake State Park Kasota Prairie SNA Lake Elmo Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA			Mille Lacs Kathio State Park Morton Outcrops SNA Old Mill State Park Ordway Prairie Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Philip J. Englund Ecotone Pine Bend Bluffs SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Sakatah Lake State Park Townsend Woods SNA Wild Indigo Prairie SNA Wild River State Park Zimmerman Prairie Zumbro Falls Woods SNA

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Synonyms	Acinia solidaginis Eurosta asteri Eurosta solidaginis var. fascipennis Eurosta solidaginis var. subfasciatus Eurosta subfascipennis Ortalis nuphera

Common Names	goldenrod gall fly goldenrod spherical gall fly tephritid fly