Grape Leafminer

A Strange Leafminer on Grape

I recently came across odd leafmining activity on wild grape (Vitis spp.) growing in a local park in southwest Ohio. The leafmines were serpentine, named for their snake-like appearance, and they were filled with a dark line of excrement (frass). The leafmines ended in elongated expansions where the leafminer was no doubt pupating.
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Joe Boggs