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title: "Mouche de la Verge d'or"
description: "Eurosta solidaginis — Insectes et araignées. The goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis), also known as the goldenrod ball gallmaker, is a species of fly native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/goldenrod-gall-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mouche de la Verge d'or

> Eurosta solidaginis — Insectes et araignées. The goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis), also known as the goldenrod ball gallmaker, is a species of fly native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Eurosta solidaginis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prairies et champs)
- iNaturalist observations: 22337
- Wikidata: [Q13626320](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13626320)
- iNaturalist taxon: [85317](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85317)

## Names

- en: Goldenrod Gall Fly
- fr: Mouche de la Verge d'or

## Countries with the most observations

US (10362), CA (6617)

## Summary

The goldenrod gall fly (Eurosta solidaginis), also known as the goldenrod ball gallmaker, is a species of fly native to North America. The species is best known for the characteristic galls it forms on several species in the Solidago, or goldenrod, genus. The fly's eggs are inserted near the developing buds of the plant. After hatching, the larvae migrate to an area below the plant's developing buds, where they then induce the plant's tissues to form into the hardened, bulbous chamber referred to as a gall. E. solidaginis’s interactions with its host plant(s) and insect, as well as avian, predators have made it the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod_gall_fly

## Photo

![Mouche de la Verge d'or](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/goldenrod-gall-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ira Gershenhorn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29643135

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/goldenrod-gall-fly?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).