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Canada thistle gall fly |
Animalia Insecta (Insects) Diptera |
| Urophora cardui | |
| Family: Tephritidae | |
| Near Banbury This is a gall of Creeping Thistle caused by a gall fly Urophora cardui which causes a fleshy swelling of up to 10 x 3 cm. Inside are one of more chambers each with a gall fly larva. The gall is actually a swelling of the stem tissue and it may have little bits of thistle leaf growing out the top. (Information from Heather Colls). (The common name is misleading - this is European.) Wikipedia entry] |
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| 27 August 2013 | |
| Category: Wild-growing plants and fungi of the British Isles | |
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| Photographer: Sue Goodhead | |
About the picture: COOLPIX L610 27/08/2013 17:28:22 1/60 sec - F/4 Sensitivity: ISO 125 Light value: 9.6 |
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