Leaf miner
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A leaf miner is a larval stage of various insect species that live and feed within the tissues of a plant's leaves. The term does not describe a single taxonomic group, but rather a feeding behavior k
Leaf miner damage to a horse chestnut tree
Leaf with minor miner damage
Tomato with leaf miner damage
Leaf mines by the moth Phyllocnistis hyperpersea on a Persea borbonia leaf. The red arrow indicates the pupal crypt.
Aquilegia
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Aquilegia, commonly known as columbines, is a genus of perennial flowering plants in subfamily Thalictroideae of the family Ranunculaceae. The genus includes between 70 and 400 taxa with natural range
Leaf miner
…present. Leaf miner infection of crops can be reduced or prevented by planting trap crops near the plants to be protected. For example, lambsquarter and columbine will distract leaf miners, drawing them to those plants and therefore reducing the incidence of attack on nearby crops. This is a method of companion…
Wald Akelei
A. atrata flowers
The fanning foliage of A. flabellata 'Alba'
A. vulgaris fruit and seeds. Human consumption of columbine seeds and roots can introduce toxins that impair heart health.