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red oak gall wasp - Synergus lignicola
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

red oak gall wasp - Synergus lignicola
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 23, 2011
Size: 3.5mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 September, 2011 - 10:28pm
Last updated 5 January, 2024 - 9:07am

inat
Is this observation on iNat yet? I don't find it.
… Adam Kranz, 4 January, 2024 - 11:36pm

Moved
Moved from Oak Inquiline Gall Wasps.
… Adam Kranz, 4 January, 2024 - 11:33pm

Moved
Moved from Callirhytis.
… Adam Kranz, 24 January, 2023 - 12:28pm

Callirhytis
Zhiwei Liu says this wasp is actually a Callirhytis, not an inquiline. I'm tentatively moving it and the related images to genus level--I'm thinking they might actually be C. quercuspunctata. Hopefully you can send some to Dr. Liu for positive ID.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 February, 2012 - 3:48pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 February, 2012 - 3:45pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Galls.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 January, 2012 - 10:38am

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