Asphondylia ononidis Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge
Asphondylia ononidis

Photographs on Ononis repens, Rest-harrow

Hosts:
Ononis repens, spinosa

Gall with a single yellow larva in a chamber lined with white fungal mycelium. There are two generations each year, the first in enlarged stipules at the base of leaves, the second generation in swollen seed pods. Larvae pupate within the galls



Asphondylia ononidis

Asphondylia ononidis
Asphondylia ononidis
Badbury Rings, Dorset. August 2016

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