Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Dasineura comosae Photographs on Hippocrepis comosa, Horse-shoe Vetch Host: Hippocrepis comosa Often several leaflets are folded lengthwise into swollen pods containing a number of yellow to orange larvae. Pupation occurs in the ground Similar: Macrolabis hippocrepidis causes similar leaf folds with gregarious white larvae. It is possibly an iniquiline of Dasineura comosae Larvae of both species need checking for identification

Dasineura comosae
Badbury Rings, Dorset. October 2017