Diptera: Chloropidae - grass fly Chlorops pumilionis Q Gout Fly Photographs on Poaceae - Elytrigia juncea, Sand Couch Hosts: Oligophagous on Poaceae - Aegilops, Avena sativa, Avenula pubescens, Elymus caninus, Elytrigia atherica, juncea, repens, Helictochloa planiculme, Hordeum murinum, vulgare, Phleum, Secale cereale, Triticum aestivum Bunch of overlapping, shortened, leaves at tip of shoot. Single larva, yellow or whitish-green, over-winters, adults from May onwards. Expert verification needed. Rear adults of invertebrate galls on grasses

Chlorops pumilionis Q
Shell Bay, Dorset. September 2014