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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Xystoteras » Xystoteras volutellae
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bur oak, galls - I think - Xystoteras volutellae
Copyright © 2008 MJ Hatfield

bur oak, galls - I think - Xystoteras volutellae
Ames, Story County, Iowa, USA
September 19, 2008
the form and color change are interesting

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 30 April, 2009 - 7:56am
Last updated 6 December, 2009 - 10:13pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 December, 2009 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

These appear to be Xystoteras volutellae galls
I wonder if Felt's (1) drawing for this species is mislabeled--it looks nothing like Weld's (2) photograph, which seems to be a good match for your galls.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 December, 2009 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

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