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Chewing Acorn Gall - Polistes aurifer
Copyright © 2014 Michael J. Plagens

Chewing Acorn Gall - Polistes aurifer
SRER, Florida Canyon, Sta. Rita Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 26, 2013
This is likely the same wasp imaged by Joyce Gross:
We were observing the same gathering of insects at these oak galls (Quercus emoryi.
It has chewed into an oak acorn cup gall seeking sugar secretions.
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Contributed by Michael J. Plagens on 14 October, 2014 - 11:10pm
Last updated 15 October, 2014 - 9:54am

Moved
Moved from Polistes.
… Matthias Buck, 15 October, 2014 - 9:54am

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