Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Who did this hole, insect or a beetle?

Posted by buggub on 20-06-2015 12:15
#1
Hi,

i would like to know who did this hole on this Fagus sylvatica leaf formation. Insect or the beetle? Found in Slovenia.

Thanks!
Edited by buggub on 20-06-2015 12:35

Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-06-2015 16:35
#2
The growth on the leaf looks like the gall of the midge Mikiola fagi (Cecidomyiidae). I'm not sure what the weevil is doing there.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 20-06-2015 16:35