Tuesday
Jun192012
Tephritid Fly
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 7:00AM A female Trypeta zoe (Diptera: Tephritidae) on a dock leaf (Rumex sp). The larvae mine the leaves of various plants including Senecio (ragworts and groundsel) but, apparently, not Rumex. See here for a more complete list of hosts.
Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2012-06-17.

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