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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Andricus » California Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalifornicus)
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unknown Hymenopteran - Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Copyright © 2009 Gary McDonald

unknown Hymenopteran - Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Aromas, San Benito County, California, USA
February 2, 2009
Size: ~3mm total length.
Came to black light. (live oak/chaparral habitat).
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Contributed by Gary McDonald on 3 February, 2009 - 5:05pm
Last updated 25 February, 2009 - 11:33pm

Yes...
Likely the California gall wasp (Andricus quercuscalifornicus) which can be found on the west coast.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/130468
… Ross Hill, 25 February, 2009 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ross
for the species ID. I must have overlooked the email when you IDed this guy, but ran across the ID today while cleaning up un-IDed photos.
… Gary McDonald, 15 December, 2009 - 7:09pm login or register to post comments

Another -
very nice photo, Gary!
… Ken Schneider, 3 February, 2009 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

ID
Check the oak gall wasps in Cynipidae.
… Andy Calderwood, 3 February, 2009 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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