Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Rabdophaga ?jaapi Photographs on Salix repens, Creeping Willow Host: Salix repens Specimens of both lateral and terminal galls were sent to Dr. Keith Harris. Larvae from the lateral galls lacked a sternal spatula and the terminal galls (sent two weeks later) did not contain larvae. Therefore identification remains tentative at present Requires verification and/or rearing

Rabdophaga ?jaapi
Studland Heath, Dorset. October 2017