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Species Neuroterus fragilis - Succulent Gall Wasp

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Cynipoidea
Family Cynipidae (Gall Wasps)
Tribe Cynipini (Oak Gall Wasps)
Genus Neuroterus
Species fragilis (Succulent Gall Wasp)
Identification
Ron Russo: "These galls are always succulent looking and not cranial, twisted, hairy as in N. washingtonensis."

Host plants include: Quercus durata, Quercus berberidifolia (and likely other scrub oaks), Quercus douglasii, and Quercus lobata.