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Cynipidae, Spiny Leaf Gall on Rose - Diplolepis polita

Cynipidae, Spiny Leaf Gall on Rose - Diplolepis polita
Hayden Prairie, Howard County, Iowa, USA
July 10, 2016
July 6, 2016: collected galls on the underside of the leaves of a native Rose growing in a prairie remnant.
These don't quite look like Spiny Leaf Galls as there appear to have more spines which don't look as robust or as long. But maybe there is spine variation?
July 26, 2016: a parasitoid wasp, not a gall wasp
But by the time I got around to photographing it, trying to clean off the bits of debris, I managed to break it apart. I lined up the parts in case my big fingers couldn't glue it back together.

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I'm confused.

 
Diplolepis galls
The galls in this photo were caused by a Diplolepis species, so they belong in Diplolepis... unless there is something in this photo that is illustrative of how the parasitoid modifies the galls. I didn't move the photos of the parasitoid, which are still linked to this one.

 
Got it.
I wasn't thinking.
Thanks.

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