Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge


The photographs are probably Clinodiplosis cilicrus, a common and widespread species developing and feeding on dead and decaying plant tissues in flowers, seedheads etc (phytosaprophagous)

Host:
Centaurea nigra, Knapweed










Cranbourne, Dorset. September 2017

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