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Forest Ridge Park  leaf galls on Quercus falcata D_G133 2022 1.1

Forest Ridge Park leaf galls on Quercus falcata D_G133 2022 1.1
Forest Ridge Park Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
February 20, 2022

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Forest Ridge Park  leaf galls on Quercus falcata D_G133 2022 1.0 - Polystepha symmetrica Forest Ridge Park  leaf galls on Quercus falcata D_G133 2022 2.0 - Polystepha symmetrica Forest Ridge Park  leaf galls on Quercus falcata D_G133 2022 1.1

Moved

Moved
Moved from Chalcidoid Wasps.

Two of the common parasitoid families ...
... that emerge from galls are the Torymidae and Ormyridae. This could belong to either of them, but unfortunately, the image is insufficient to tell which.

 
I will try to get a better ph
I will try to get a better photo. I have preserved the specimen, if that helps (not sure if anyone is interested in specimens of parasitoids from oak galls)...

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Galls.

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