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Jewel Oak Gall Wasp (Acraspis quercushirta)
Photo#296360
Copyright © 2009
John Pearson
Jewel Oak Gall Wasp -
Acraspis quercushirta
Saulsbury Bridge Park, Nichols, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
June 26, 2009
Size: gall ~4 mm diameter
Leaf gall on lower surface of bur oak (
Quercus macrocarpa
) leaf. View of lower leaf surface.
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Contributed by
John Pearson
on 29 June, 2009 - 10:34pm
Last updated 17 December, 2009 - 6:51pm
Moved
Moved from
Galls
. I assume you mean bur oak (
Q. macrocarpa
)... there doesn't seem to be a gall like this on
Q. bicolor
(swamp white oak), although the trees must be pretty closely related so it may be an undocumented host.
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Charley Eiseman
, 2 August, 2009 - 11:42am
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Yes
I stand corrected, this is bur oak not swamp white oak, so will edit my entry accordingly (they do have similar-looking leaves and grow in the same bottomland forest communities here). Thanks!
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John Pearson
, 7 August, 2009 - 10:30am
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Ken Schneider
, 19 July, 2009 - 9:47am
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