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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) » Acraspis » Jewel Oak Gall Wasp (Acraspis quercushirta)
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gall - Acraspis quercushirta
Copyright © 2011 Matt Edmonds

gall - Acraspis quercushirta
Stone Mountain, Dekalb County, Georgia, USA
July 5, 2011
Size: .25 inch ish

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 25 August, 2011 - 8:41am
Last updated 5 January, 2024 - 9:09pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Adam Kranz, 5 January, 2024 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
This may be further identifiable, when I get around to it. For future reference (based on frassed photo): upper side of leaf, on a side vein.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 August, 2011 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

Plant species?
Always include host plant info with galls, or if you don't know the plant, include shots of leaves and other identifying features. If this was on an oak, it is a cynipid gall. Especially for plain-looking galls like this, it may be necessary to know the exact species of oak, and whether this was on the upperside or underside of the leaf, on the midrib or a side vein, etc.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 August, 2011 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
Chestnut Oak?
Although the photo of the leaf shows only a portion of a margin, the rounded teeth and very shallow sinuses suggest Chestnut Oak (Quercus prinus [=Q. montana]). Not a firm ID, but a best guess!
… John Pearson, 26 August, 2011 - 8:17am login or register to post comments

On
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… John R. Maxwell, 25 August, 2011 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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