Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Dasineura urticae Photographs on Urtica dioica, Nettle Hosts: Urtica dioica, urens Two or more generations a year, the eggs laid at leaf base or along main veins. Irregular pouch-like swellings form with 1-6 whitish larvae in each. Pink, orange or reddish gall-midge larvae in the galls are probably from the iniquiline Ametrodiplosis urticae or the predator Lestodiplosis urticae

Dasineura urticae
Corfe Hills and Wareham, Dorset. September 2015, November2017