Contarinia tragopogonis Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge
Contarinia tragopogonis

Gall on Tragopogon pratensis, Goats-beard

Host:
Tragopogon pratensis

Causes +/- swollen and disfigured flowerheads that do not open. Jumping whitish-yellow larvae live freely among achenes before pupating in the ground. Several generations a year




Contarinia tragopogonis

Contarinia tragopogonis
Contarinia tragopogonis
Badbury Rings, Dorset. July 2018

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