Best person to contact is Keith Harris, who knows gall midges better than
anyone. Have you got his email address, Carl?
Margaret

Quoting quercuscorticis <cf@...>:

>
> Is anyone familiar with Dasineura hygrophila? The book says the bud is
> white and the larva yellow, but the ones I found yesterday have the bud
> dark reddish-purple and the larva deep orange. Photo at
> http://uk.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_galls/photos/view/45fb?b=4
> <http://uk.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_galls/photos/view/45fb?b=4>
> The stem is thickened below the bud which is partly enclosed in
> bract-like leaves as the book states. About 4 larvae inside each galled
> bud. Host = Galium palustre.
>
> Cheers
> Carl
>
>