Gall

Length: Male 5.5mm, Female 6.5mm;
Wing Length: 3.2-5.3mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	July - April (Earliest: 17.7)	May - June	May - August (Earliest: 21.6)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Stem Gall)	Cirsium
Parasitoids: (Larva)	Pteromalus elevatus Larva	Torymus chloromerus Larva	Eurytoma compressa Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids: (Larva)	Several Ichneumonidae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Thistle Gall Fly - Urophora cardui
InsektenBox: Distelbohrfliege
Plant Parasites of Europe: Urophora cardui

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