Crystalline Gall Wasp gall mass with parasitoid - Feron crystallinum

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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) » Feron » Crystalline Gall Wasp (Feron crystallinum)

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Copyright © 2007 Joyce Gross

Crystalline Gall Wasp gall mass with parasitoid - Feron crystallinum -

Mt Diablo State Park, Contra Costa County, California, USA
September 8, 2007
Size: 25-30mm (gall mass)

On underside of Quercus douglasii (blue oak) leaf. This mass of galls engulfs the leaf and has a parasitoid wasp ready to take aim with her ovipositor into one of the galls.

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 12 September, 2007 - 2:53am

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