Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Dasineura ranunculi Photographs on Ranunculus acris, Meadow Buttercup Hosts: Ranunculus acris, bulbosus, repens, sardous Leaf margin thickened and rolled inward, green or becoming reddish-purple. The larvae are gregarious, whitish becoming orange-red when mature. Two generations each year, pupating in the gall or in the soil

Dasineura ranunculi
Lytchett Matravers, Dorset. September 2017