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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) » Callirhytis » Gouty Oak Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercuspunctata)
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twig gall on shingle oak - Callirhytis quercuspunctata
Copyright © 2010 John Pearson

twig gall on shingle oak - Callirhytis quercuspunctata
Slip Bluff Park, Lamoni, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
April 15, 2010
Size: ~25 mm diameter
Cut-open view. Inner white tissue was hard and woody while outer, tan-colored tissue was slightly softer (through still quite firm).

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Contributed by John Pearson on 17 April, 2010 - 9:51pm
Last updated 11 May, 2010 - 11:27pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 May, 2010 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

I have reared clearwing moths
I have reared clearwing moths (Synanthedon scitula) from cynipid oak galls. I have also found buprestid larvae in them (Chrysobothris sp.), so if you have a lot of them you might find other things coming out as well.
… Jason Hansen, 26 April, 2010 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

Do you still have it?
I hope that you managed to get some close ups of the larvae/pupae or that you get some adults emerging from it eventually.
Look how much mileage I got from this gall. I only regret that I didn't get any pupae; I always miss some critical moments :-(
… Beatriz Moisset, 20 April, 2010 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
I now have this gall at home and will watch for emergences. Nice series of your blackberry gall wasps! I recently had an emergence here, too. It's like Christmas in April...except that the gifts unwrap themselves! ;)
… John Pearson, 20 April, 2010 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

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