#3823 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Nettle Pouch Gall Midge

🇳🇱 Brandnetelbladgalmug ·Dasineura urticae

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jonathan Neumann · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Wageningen, NL-GE, NL:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. Vijlen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
4. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
5. Segbroek, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Zeewolde, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ede, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Voorhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
9. Duindorp, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9717 BB Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The nettle pouch gall develops in leaf veins, leaf petioles, flower stalks and sometimes the stem of Urtica dioica and Urtica urens . This structure is caused by the gall midge or gnat Dasineura urticae , also spelled Dasyneura urticae . Synonyms are Perrisia urticae and Cecidomyia urticae .

base stats

NL sightings 94iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,681iNaturalist observations

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