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Willow Rose Gall Midge

🇳🇱 Gewone wilgenroosjesgalmug ·Rabdophaga rosaria

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Willow Rose Gall Midge, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Connie Taylor · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Rabdophaga rosaria is a gall midge which forms Camellia galls or terminal rosette gall on willow species.

base stats

  • NL sightings 46iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,293iNaturalist 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 46 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,293 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Hermann Loew in 1850 (176 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Willow Rose Gall Midge
Nederlands
Gewone wilgenroosjesgalmug
scientific name
Rabdophaga rosaria
class
Insecta
order
Diptera
family
Cecidomyiidae
sightings in NL
46
sightings in Europe
1,948
sightings worldwide
4,293
GBIF records in NL
4,258
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1850 by Hermann Loew

relatives· Cecidomyiidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 494431, Wikidata Q7319994, GBIF 1601050, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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