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Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis
Copyright © 2008 Mark Leppin

Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis
near Salem, Polk County, Oregon, USA
December 30, 2008
Size: ~2cm
Found in a one of the galls photograph which all were attached to leaves of the Oregon Oak Tree (Q. garryana). Bright colored gall in center was ~2cm and contained an Oregon Oak Gall Wasp Larva & the large dark one (on left) contained an unknown larva that lived a parasitic or commensalistic symbiosis.
This larva was also found inside one of these galls:

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Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis Oregon Oak Gall Wasp (Besbicus mirabilis), larva - Cynips mirabilis
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Contributed by Mark Leppin on 31 December, 2008 - 11:26am
Last updated 13 January, 2009 - 6:49pm

Besbicus mirabilis
I made a species page and moved your image. I have a couple of questions about the larva (didn't move that image) ... posting the questions under the larva image.
… Joyce Gross, 31 December, 2008 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Eruciform larva in oak galls
I was very interested in your 2008 post showing a eruciform larva that you found in an oak gall. I have two such specimens which I just posted earlier this week (7/6/2022). They had 3 prs. of thoracic legs and 4 prs. of abdominal legs. They are definitely caterpillar-like larvae. Do you know their likely life cycle and when/how they gain access to the gall chamber? I would love to know more.
… captom, 10 July, 2022 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Besbicus.
… Joyce Gross, 31 December, 2008 - 9:37pm login or register to post comments

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