Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Dasineura kiefferi Photographs on Hedera helix, Ivy Host: Hedera helix Closed, purplish-brown, often slightly swollen and distorted flower buds containing several white larvae that become orange when mature. As the galls are short-lived they soon drop so can be hard to find.

Dasineura kiefferi
Broadstone, Dorset. September and October 2017, November 2018 and October 2020