tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post4899293828508895684..comments2024-03-25T09:19:01.746-07:00Comments on Get Your Botany On!: Plant-Bug Quiz.... Solved!benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160413013783879792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-41728497574525323182010-12-22T13:09:49.643-08:002010-12-22T13:09:49.643-08:00I literally just today read the section in Charley...I literally just today read the section in Charley Eiseman's Tracks and Signs of Insects on leaf mines and thought of this post. He has a picture on p. 337 that looks just like yours on heart-leaved aster made by an agromyzid fly, Ophiomyia quinta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-70543038519886251312010-12-16T10:12:26.907-08:002010-12-16T10:12:26.907-08:00I agree with Prem that the insect causing damage t...I agree with Prem that the insect causing damage to the leaf is a leaf miner. The plant looks like Aster cordifolius; the leaves don't seem broad enough for Solidago flexicaulis.Scott Namestnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04039569660182814907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-31324337585967771332010-12-16T06:06:02.772-08:002010-12-16T06:06:02.772-08:00Solidago flexicaulisSolidago flexicaulisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675935764461060188.post-43801786579521442202010-12-16T05:12:41.548-08:002010-12-16T05:12:41.548-08:00The bug is a leaf miner. I can't id the plant...The bug is a leaf miner. I can't id the plant off-hand.Premhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09720547317948102261noreply@blogger.com