Fruit Fly
TQ4792 04/03/2018 ©Raymond Small
Urophora cardui
The Thistle Gall Fly is a fruit fly found in grassland where Creeping Thistle grows from spring until autumn. Eggs are laid on Creeping Thistle where the emerging larvae burrow into the stem and form a swollen stem gall.
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