Dasineura dioicae
The larvae of the gall midge Dasineura dioicae cause galls to form on Common Nettle (Urtica dioica). The leaf margin becomes slightly thickened and curls loosely upwards. The galled leaves can be whitish or reddened. The gall contains a white, or yellowish white larva.
The common Dasineura urticae also cause galls on nettle, but are pouches/swelling in midrib, leaf blade, petiole or flower-stalk
Gall 
Adult 
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The galls may be found wherever the host nettles occur.
Summer and early autumn.
Pupation in the soil.
True status in Britain is difficult to determine due to lack of records.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Hazel Graves
Bardon
28 September 2021
galls on nettle
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Cecidomyiidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 28/09/2021 (Graves, Hazel)
- Last record:
- 28/09/2021 (Graves, Hazel)
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