Acari: Eriophyoidea - gall mite Aceria galiobia Galls on Galium verum, Ladys Bedstraw Hosts: Asperula cynanchica and Galium album (mollugo), pumilum, saxatile, verum Flower buds very swollen with an open, blunt tip, the inside green filled with fleshy protrusions and numerous mites Schizomyia galiorum can appear similar but the flower bud remains recognisable, the central chamber containing 1-3 orange larvae and fungal mycelium

Aceria galiobia
Badbury Rings, Dorset. July 2018