Xyphosia miliaria
Description
Length: 4-6 mm. This fruit fly is mostly orange with black patterned wings, typical of this family.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Found on thistles where it causes galls to form on the host plant.
When to see it
May - September
UK Status
Common and widespread over much of Britain.
VC55 Status
Common
HAPeacock
City Farm - Sheep Field Path
26 June 2012
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
03 July 2013
on creeping thistle
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
09 July 2012
mating pair
HAPeacock
Billa Barra
21 July 2012
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
07 July 2011
Graham Calow
Smithy Lane, Burbage
30 June 2016
female
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Tephritidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 30
- First record:
- 02/08/2010 (Gamble, David)
- Last record:
- 13/07/2023 (Higgott, Mike)
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David Gould
Aylestone Meadows
15 August 2014
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
06 July 2014
mating pair
David Nicholls
Bloody Oaks Quarry
08 July 2016
David Nicholls
Fosse Meadows
08 July 2011
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
07 July 2011
David Nicholls
Burbage Common
01 July 2011
David Nicholls
Lea Meadows
07 July 2011
HAPeacock
Gilroes Cemetery Extension
26 June 2012
HAPeacock
City Farm - Sheep Field Path
26 June 2012
HAPeacock
Billa Barra
21 July 2012
HAPeacock
Billa Barra
21 July 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote
02 July 2011
