Directory of Cecidomyiidae Resources

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Family of flies, the gall midges or gall gnats.

Resources in This Category

• Album: Cecidomyiidae

  http://www.diptera.info/photogallery.php?album_id=7
  Photographs of several flies in this family.

• Cecidomyiidae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecidomyiidae
  Information from Wikipedia on this family of flies, commonly known as gall midges or gall gnats. Although tiny, many are economically significant pests of crops.

• Contarinia sorghicola: Sorghum Midge

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/sorghummidge.htm
  Photograph of this insect and information on its hosts, symptoms, life cycle and description.

• Dasineura oxycoccana: Blueberry Gall Midge

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/blueberry_gall_midge.htm
  Photographs and a description of this species, its distribution, life history, plant damage and management.

• Family Cecidomyiidae

  http://bugguide.net/node/view/8383/bgpage
  Photographs of flies in this family found in North America, provided by BugGuide.

• Feltiella acarisuga

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/f_acarisuga.htm
  Photographs and a description of this predatory gall midge, its distribution, life cycle and use as a biological control of the twospotted spider mite.

• Macrodiplosis quercusoruca: Vein Pocket Gall

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/veinpocketgall.htm
  Photographs of the gall caused by this midge, with information on its hosts, symptoms, life cycle and description.

• Mayetiola destructor: Hessian Fly

  http://entoplp.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/hessianfly.htm
  Photograph of this insect, with information on its hosts plants and symptoms.

• Prodiplosis longifila: Citrus Gall Midge

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/citrus_gall_midge.htm
  Photographs and a description of this species, its distribution, host plants, damage and management.

• Rhopalomyia baccharis

  http://bugguide.net/node/view/140327/bgpage
  Photograph of galls on a coyote bush twig produced by the larvae of the twisted stem gall midge.

• Rhopalomyia californica

  http://bugguide.net/node/view/140324/bgpage
  Photograph of galls on a coyote bush produced by the larvae of this bud gall midge.

 

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