Posted by pat_der2003 on 31-07-2012 19:58
#1
Loire-Atlantique, western France, July 08/2012.
Gymnosoma I guess ... but who is the little pink one ? At least a Family name ?
Thanks in advance !!! ;)
Edited by pat_der2003 on 01-08-2012 18:18
Posted by Sundew on 31-07-2012 23:21
#2
Yep, a male
Gymnosoma. And the little pink one is a female member of the Cecidomyiidae who is ovipositing in the flower. The latter seems to belong to the Compositae. Here we have active gall midges at the moment, ovipositing in the flower heads of
Tanacetum vulgare. They greet their French relatives!