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Wingless Gall Wasp - Zopheroteras - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

Wingless Gall Wasp - Zopheroteras - Female
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
March 28, 2009
Size: very small
I think this was about 2 mm.
The abdomen is flattened, taller than it is wide.
Found walking fast on a wooden garden chair.

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Wingless Gall Wasp - Zopheroteras - female Wingless Gall Wasp - Zopheroteras - female
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 30 March, 2009 - 6:38pm
Last updated 28 February, 2023 - 12:30am

Moved
Moved from Wingless adults: Acraspis, Philonix, Phylloteras, or Trigonaspis.
… Adam Kranz, 28 February, 2023 - 12:30am

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2012 - 1:40pm

Yes.
This is probably a wingless generation of a gall wasp, family Cynipidae. I know! One of the many things I have learned from Buggide myself:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 March, 2009 - 1:30pm

 
Thanks Eric : >
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… Lynn Bergen, 1 April, 2009 - 5:43am

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