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Larva found inside a gall - Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Copyright © 2015 Maria Fremlin

Larva found inside a gall - Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Trail in Stanford University Campus, Palo Alto County, California, USA
October 25, 2015
Size: ~5 mm
Tiny larva feeding on the gall tissue. There were at least two more. Good food for the stonefly larva?

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Contributed by Maria Fremlin on 27 October, 2015 - 1:19pm

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