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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Amphibolips
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gall on oak - Amphibolips
Copyright © 2015 Matt Edmonds

gall on oak - Amphibolips
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
March 22, 2015
Size: 1 inch

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 24 March, 2015 - 8:18am
Last updated 27 May, 2020 - 8:08am

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 May, 2020 - 8:08am login or register to post comments

Amphibolips sp.
Amphibolips sp.
… Miles Zhang, 27 May, 2020 - 12:32am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Matt Edmonds, 26 March, 2015 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

Cynipids
I would assume that the larva in the center is an Amphibolips, the species responsible for the gall, and the others are inquilines (Synergini, or possibly chalcidoid parasitoids thereof).

I don't think that any of the larvae that have been exposed will survive, but there are probably others in the two halves that will.
… Charley Eiseman, 24 March, 2015 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
2 separate things going on. Thanks!
… Matt Edmonds, 24 March, 2015 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

Could the still reach maturity?
Cool shot. It's like a group of test tube babies!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 24 March, 2015 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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