AuthorRedfern, M.
Year1968
TitleThe Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads
TypePaper
SourceField Studies Vol 2, No 5: 669-717.
IllustrationsLine drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Presents a study of some of the insects associated with Spear Thistle heads, including illustrations of eggs, larvae, pupae and adults, and a key to species.
Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsUnfortunately it doesn’t include *Glypta* spp.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Website urlfsj.field-studies-council.org

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentTerellia serratulaea gall flyAnimalia: Diptera: Tephritidae
For identificationCurrentUrophora stylataSpear-thistle Gall-flyAnimalia: Diptera: Tephritidae
For identificationCurrentEurytoma compressaa chalcid waspAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae
For identificationCurrentHabrocytus elevatusa chalcid waspAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae
For identificationCurrentTorymus chloromerusa chalcid waspAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Torymidae
For identificationCurrentTingis carduiSpear Thistle LacebugAnimalia: Hemiptera: Tingidae
CurrentCirsium vulgareSpear ThistlePlantae: Asterales: Asteraceae
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