Leaf Mines in Heracleum sphondylium

Wing Length: 2.1-2.4mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	May - June (Earliest: 22.5) August - November (Earliest: 21.8)	?	June - October

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Leaf Miner)	Heracleum sphondylium
Parasitoids:	Opius pallipes Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Braconidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Phytomyza spondylii/pastinacae
British Leafminers: Phytomyza spondylii
Leaf and Stem Mines of British Flies: Phytomyza spondylii
Plant Parasites of Europe: Phytomyza spondylii & pastinacae

Pictures © 2003, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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