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Sighting - 2019-11-11

Species Seen | Artichoke Gall of a gall-midge on Yew |
Scientific Name | Taxomyia taxi (Inchbald 1861) |
Recorder | Rob Randall |
Record Status | Confirmed |
Identified on | 25/11/2019 |
Location | ST740655 |
Locality | Royal Victoria Park |
Parish | Bath |
Habitat | Terminal buds of Yew (Taxus baccata) |
Notes | Specimen collected for an identification workshop on 'twig-life'. Very distinctive and sometimes with an uncanny resemblance to genuine artichokes. |