Aceria myriadeum

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Alternative names
Aceria aceriscampestris
Artacris aceriscampestris
Description

The mite causes small red pustules on the upperside of the leaves of field maple

Similar Species

Aceria macrochela, also on field maple

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph the gall on the leaf, and make sue you have correctly identified and noted the host species.

Habitat

Field maples

VC55 Status

Common

Further Information

See British Plant Galls (Redfern & Shirley, 2023).  Note that this species has been named Aceria aceriscampestris in some sources.

  • Alan Semper
    Harby roadside
    07 June 2016
    galls on field maple
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Wood
    20 May 2024
    galls on Field Maple
  • Jonesboy1
    croft
    10 September 2015
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Evington Park
    07 June 2017
  • sue
    Thornton Reservoir
    19 November 2017
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Knighton Park
    17 July 2020

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Species profile

Species group:
Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions
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Records on NatureSpot:
206
First record:
22/05/2009 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
29/09/2025 (Calow, Graham)

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  • steven lewis
    welby
    26 September 2015
  • Craig Mabbett
    Stockhill Farm Near Broughton Astley
    21 June 2017
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Knighton Park
    08 June 2017
  • Saharima Roenisch
    Evington Park
    07 June 2017
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields
    25 August 2018
  • CAPochin
    GUCanal,Bridges 50-47
    30 August 2020
  • Melinda Bell
    Heather,QEDJWood
    08 July 2022
  • Melinda Bell
    Heather, QEDJWood
    01 June 2019
  • Graham Calow
    Hinckley, Leicester Road
    18 September 2019
    galls on Field Maple
  • AJ Cann
    Grantham Canal
    18 July 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Cloud Wood
    20 May 2020