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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) » Undetermined oak gall inquilines (Ceroptres or Synergus)
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Gall Wasp
Copyright © 2021 Efram Goldberg

Gall Wasp
Turkey Scrub, Brevard County, Florida, USA
September 11, 2021
Size: ~ 1 mm
Reared from galls taken from oak tree. Single wasp emerged after approximately 3.5 weeks.

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Contributed by Efram Goldberg on 12 September, 2021 - 9:14pm
Last updated 4 January, 2024 - 11:50pm

Moved
Moved from Oak Inquiline Gall Wasps.
… Adam Kranz, 4 January, 2024 - 11:51pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Efram Goldberg, 13 September, 2021 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

I cannot say one way ...
... or another about the galls themselves, but your wasp definitely is a member of the Cynipoidea, and probably the family Cynipidae, which consists of gallmakers and gall inquilinies.
… Bob Zuparko, 13 September, 2021 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
midge galls
Thanks for the confirmation on the family. Two people have confirmed that the galls are probably midge galls from polystepha, so I would follow your suggestion and go with a cynipid gall inquilinies. Another confirmation would be that only the 1 single wasp emerged, so far nothing else visible has happened.
… Efram Goldberg, 13 September, 2021 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Not Gall
Someone informed me that the galls are probably midge galls and the wasp that emerged may either be a cynipid wasp that takes over already formed galls, or a chalcid parasite on the midge.
… Efram Goldberg, 13 September, 2021 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

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