Thread subject: Diptera.info :: larva in Fraxinus gall

Posted by Carnifex on 02-03-2022 11:21
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I collected this gall (induced by the mite Aceria fraxinivora) on the ground of a backyard in Vienna, so the larva might have come from the soil.

It produced some sticky threads (in the first photo, with a dead bark louse). In the last two photos, a needle-like structure is visible in the head region

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Edited by Carnifex on 02-03-2022 11:21