#3867 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
locust gall midge
🇳🇱 Robiniagalmug ·Obolodiplosis robiniae
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what is it?
De robiniagalmug ( Obolodiplosis robiniae ) is een muggensoort uit de familie van de galmuggen (Cecidomyiidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1847 door Haldeman.
base stats
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 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,409 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.
fact sheet
- English
- locust gall midge
- Nederlands
- Robiniagalmug
- scientific name
- Obolodiplosis robiniae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Cecidomyiidae
- in NL
- introduced
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 714
- sightings worldwide
- 1,409
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,718
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Cecidomyiidae
#3791 📷 10Beech Gall Midge
🇳🇱 Beukengalmug
Mikiola fagi
👀 199 in NL
#3823 📷 10Nettle Pouch Gall Midge
🇳🇱 Brandnetelbladgalmug
Dasineura urticae
👀 94 in NL
#3837 📷 10Hairy Beech Gall
🇳🇱 Beukenhaargalmug
Hartigiola annulipes
👀 78 in NL
#3872 📷 10Willow Rose Gall Midge
🇳🇱 Gewone wilgenroosjesgalmug
Rabdophaga rosaria
👀 46 in NL
#3914 📷 9Grote wilgwratgalmug
Iteomyia major
👀 32 in NL
#3920 📷 10Lighthouse Gall
🇳🇱 Hondsdrafbeursjesgalmug
Rondaniola bursaria
👀 31 in NL
#3923 📷 10Tansy Flask Gall
🇳🇱 Gewone Boerenwormkruidgalmug
Rhopalomyia tanaceticola
👀 30 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 363929, Wikidata Q13625639, GBIF 1595831, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.