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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) » Amphibolips » Acorn Plum Gall Wasp (Amphibolips quercusjuglans)
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Cynipidae, acorn plum gall wasp - Amphibolips quercusjuglans
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Cynipidae, acorn plum gall wasp - Amphibolips quercusjuglans
Ames - ISU, Story County, Iowa, USA
April 3, 2011
Sept. 2, 2008: galls collected

June 1, 2010: cut open a gall and there was a live larva in it so kept the galls.
April 3, 2011: checking rearing jars and there was a live wasp in this one. Note drop of fluid at end of abdomen.
On closer examination the red on the thorax (and other parts) looks to be gall tissue bits

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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 3 April, 2011 - 10:35pm
Last updated 30 April, 2017 - 6:36am

Confirmation
Zhiwei Liu says this is probably correctly identified.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 February, 2012 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spongy Oak Apple Gall Wasp.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 April, 2011 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Moved tentatively, based on Charley Eiseman's ID of the gall here.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 April, 2011 - 6:42am login or register to post comments

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