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Hickman Oak Gall - Torymus - female
Copyright © 2018 Dustin Lofland

Hickman Oak Gall - Torymus - Female
Hickman, Stanislaus County, California, USA
December 1, 2017
Size: 5mm, 17mm w/ ovipositor
Oak gall collected in September. Wasps emerged sometime in December. Galls were inside and unheated room inside my home inside a sealed Ziploc.

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Contributed by Dustin Lofland on 24 August, 2018 - 12:42am
Last updated 24 August, 2018 - 7:01am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 24 August, 2018 - 7:01am login or register to post comments

Torymus (female)…
Pls feel free to add images of any males that may have emerged from your galls.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 24 August, 2018 - 1:32am login or register to post comments

 
Possible Male
I am out of my depth for ID here but I added 2 new posts as examples of other non-Cynipidae wasps that emerged from the 3 galls. One I imagine could be a male and was abundant. The other I believe is different female.

(possible male) https://bugguide.net/node/view/1581314

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1581304
… Dustin Lofland, 25 August, 2018 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! Yeah there were a bun
Thanks! Yeah there were a bunch of males too! I'll get one posted.
… Dustin Lofland, 24 August, 2018 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

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