iris fly? possible identification.
puppincuff@cox.net (Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:01:57 PDT)
What you have is a leaf miner, either a moth or a fly. I coudn't tell more from your picture. White flies do not pupate (incomplete metamorphosis) and are in the family Homoptera, which includes scale insects and mealy bugs. You can cure the latter, leafminers are unreachable.
---- garrapat@ix.netcom.com wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:59:39 -0500, you wrote:
Dear Janos. The pupa in the size and description you offer fits the
description of whitefly (Aleyrodes spiraedides)
Whiteflies are not flies(Diptera) but Hemiptera and are suckers not
borers.
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Richard Faulkner
Prunedale California
Prunetuckey-By-The-Slough
Near Monterey Bay and Elkhorn Slough
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