Food Plant: Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle)

Mine: summer-autumn

Notes: an internal stem borer with pupariation occuring within the stem. The puparium is whitish yellow and is shown in lateral (top photo) and dorsal view (bottom photo).

Agromyzidae Recording Scheme Grade: 4

Data: 06.i.2023, Frenze Beck Nature Reserve, Diss, East Norfolk, VC2, Graham Moates

Image:© Rob Edmunds