Leafminers of North America

Leafminers are insect larvae that live and feed between the epidermal layers of leaves. In North America they include at least 40 families of moths, 10 families of flies, 6 families of beetles, and 2 families of sawflies. I am interested in seeing any photos of North American leaf mines that are posted to iNaturalist, so I invite you to include yours in this project (and please spread the word!). Whenever possible, please:

• include the plant ID (and if you don't know what the plant is, post photos of it as a separate observation and link to that)

• include photos of both sides of the leaf, and ideally a backlit photo to get a better look at what's inside
  Stem and fruit mines are also welcome! Photos of adult insects only belong here if they were reared from mines.

Although this project is only for North American leafminers, there are other projects for leafminers in South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, and Asia. There is also one just for Mexico, which accepts photos of adult leafminers as well as mines. menos ↑