Female, 1.2mm bl, hatched from Willow Leaf gall. Big Canyon, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 9/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Gall Midge

Lestodiplosis sp.

Diptera: Cecidomyiidae

Larvae are probably parasitoids.

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Gall, 7.5mm diam., from which the above midge hatched, on willow at Big Canyon, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 9/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
 

Female, 1.2mm bl, hatched from Willow Leaf gall. Barbara's Lake, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4/24/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Female, 1.2mm bl, hatched from Willow Leaf gall. Barbara's Lake, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 4/24/10. © Peter J. Bryant.