Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cecidomyiidae from 12.03.11 --> Xylodiplosis nigritarsis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-03-2011 22:10
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Hello!

There were thousands of Mikiola fagi flying around in the forest this afternoon (northwest Germany). But this Cecidomyiid was only 2.5 mm long, half the size as M. fagi. And it was ovipositing at an oak log (why at the log of a cut tree? Aren't Cecicomyids breeding in leaf galls?).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 15-03-2011 23:18