#3837 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Hairy Beech Gall

🇳🇱 Beukenhaargalmug ·Hartigiola annulipes

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Alberto Colatore · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Til Mann · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
6. Velp, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 7106 CN Winterswijk Ratum, Nederland:© Thieme Hennis · CC BY 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. 3882 RW Putten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Hartigiola annulipes is a species of fly in the family Cecidomyiidae which is found in the Palearctic. The larvae gall the leaves of beech ( Fagus species).

base stats

NL sightings 78iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,839iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).