Diptera: Cecidomyiidae - gall midge Lasioptera carophila Gall on Daucus carota, Wild Carrot Hosts: Apiaceae, broadly oligophagous on Aethusa,Ammi, Anethum, Angelica, Anthriscus, Berula, Bupleurum, Carum, Chaerophyllum, Conium, Conopodium, Daucus, Eryngium, Falcaria, Ferula, Foeniculum, Heracleum, Oenanthe, Pastinaca, Petroselinum, Peucedanum, Pimpinella, Selinum, Seseli, Silaum, Smyrnium, Tordylium, Torilis

Below: Parasitic larvae in Lasioptera carophila gall - probably Eupelmus sp.



Lasioptera carophila
Holes Bay, Dorset. September 2018