goldenrod gall fly
(Eurosta solidaginis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| Minnesota | listed |
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Description
Size
Total length: ¼″ to ⅜″
Similar Species
Habitat
giant goldenrod and late goldenrod
Ecology
Season
April to May
Behavior
Life Cycle
Larva Food/Hosts
Adult Food
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Taxonomy
Order
Suborder
Brachycera
Infraorder
Cyclorrhapha
Zoosection
Schizophora
Zoosubsection
Acalyptratae
Superfamily
Tephritoidea (fruit, signal, and picture-winged flies)
Family
Tephritidae (fruit flies)
Subfamily
Tephritinae
Tribe
Dithrycini
Subtribe
Eurostina
Genus
Eurosta
Subordinate Taxa
Synonyms
Acinia solidaginis
Eurosta asteri
Eurosta fascipennis
Eurosta solidaginis var. fascipennis
Eurosta solidaginis var. subfasciatus
Eurosta subfasciatus
Eurosta subfascipennis
Ortalis nuphera
Tephritis asteris
Common Names
goldenrod gall fly
goldenrod spherical gall fly
tephritid fly
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Gall... Seen this a couple days ago I believe it is maybe from some type gall fly ?? |
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Gall preyed on by a Downy Woodpecker |
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Other Videos
The Life and Times of Eurosta solidaginis
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Goldenrod Gall Fly larva
Joe Coelho
Goldenrod galls at Kirt Prairie
Peter Chen
Visitor Sightings
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Luciearl
11/12/2025
Location: Lake Shore, MN
Dan W. Andree
July 2025
Location: MN SNA, Norman Co. Mn.
Seen this a couple days ago I believe it is maybe from some type gall fly ??
MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings
Avon Hills Forest SNA, North Unit
Badoura Jack Pine Woodland SNA
Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center
Clifton E. French Regional Park
Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park
John Peter Hoffman Spring Brook Valley WMA
Lake Alexander Woods SNA, South Unit
Margherita Preserve-Audubon Prairie
Mary Schmidt Crawford Woods SNA
Minnesota Valley NWR, Rapids Lake Unit
Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, Lawrence Unit
Mound Spring Prairie SNA, North Unit
Mound Spring Prairie SNA, South Unit
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Hoffman Unit
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Rengstorf Unit
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Spieker Unit
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Touch the Sky Prairie Unit
Pankratz Memorial Prairie, North Unit
Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Crookston Prairie Unit
Pembina Trail Preserve SNA, Pembina Trail Unit
Prairie Creek WMA, Koester Prairie Unit
Richard M. & Mathilde Rice Elliott SNA
Robert Ney Memorial Park Reserve
Sand Prairie Wildlife Management and Environmental Education Area
Stanley Eddy Memorial Park Reserve
Verlyn Marth Memorial Prairie SNA
