The dependent insect fauna of our mistletoe, Viscum album, gradually changes with time. The mistletoe-dependent weevil Ixapion variegatum was unknown in Britain until 2000, and the mistletoe sap-sucker Hypseloecus visci unknown here until 2003.  And there many other insects that use mistletoe, as well as those specialists.  These broader species also change with time and one, an invasive species of fruitfly, has come in for special attention recently.  Studies have shown how widespread it now […]