Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Geocrypta galii Photographs on Galium album (G. mollugo), Hedge Bedstraw Hosts: Galium album (mollugo), aparine, boreale, pumilum, uliginosum, verum Causes a rounded swelling that can completely surround the flower stalk or stem when several galls occur together. Each gall contains a single yellowish-red larva that pupates in the soil.

Geocrypta galii
Badbury Rings, Dorset. October 2017