#3791 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes

Beech Gall Midge

🇳🇱 Beukengalmug ·Mikiola fagi

🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © CameliaTWU · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Frank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © jm2c · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Martin Scheuch · CC BY 4.0
6. 3931 Woudenberg, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ommen, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hoenderloo, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. Soesterberg, Nationaal Militair Museum, 3768 MX Soest, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Mikiola fagi , the beech gall midge is a gall-causing fly in the family Cecidomyiidae. This species was first described by Theodor Hartig in 1839.

base stats

NL sightings 199iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,256iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 199 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #40 most seen of the flies & mosquitoes in NL.
10,256 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Theodor Hartig in 1839 (187 years ago).