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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) » Amphibolips » Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp (Amphibolips quercusinanis)
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What is this? - Amphibolips quercusinanis
Copyright © 2008 Genevive

What is this? - Amphibolips quercusinanis
Fairview, PA, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 14, 2008
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Contributed by Genevive on 28 June, 2008 - 10:29pm
Last updated 5 December, 2009 - 8:14pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified "Oak Apples" and Other Large, Spherical Oak Galls.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 December, 2009 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 November, 2008 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

work of Cynipidae, apparently
look here
… v belov, 28 June, 2008 - 11:33pm login or register to post comments

 
I was trying to read up on th
I was trying to read up on this and didn't find alot of information. I thought I read something about another insect makes the sac and the gall wasp lays the eggs in it? Am I right? Genevive
… Genevive, 29 June, 2008 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

 
no,
this is not a sac, this is a plant tumor they induce chemically [while laying eggs] to serve as a shelter & food source for their larvae. Search the web for Cynipidae, u'll find truckloads of info
… v belov, 29 June, 2008 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

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