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Family Cynipidae - Gall Wasps on oak twigs - Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
Copyright © 2009 S. E. Seater

Family Cynipidae - Gall Wasps on oak twigs - Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
Raleigh, near Rts 50 and US 70, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
November 16, 2009
Size: Gall 13mm
The twigs are typically 3.5 inches. Galls are on a bud halfway in the new growth to the tip (clearest on bottom twig), or back a year from that (clearest on 2nd one down). The new tip buds have died and the tip has been sealed off and shed.

Anyone know what the wasp is? I can't see this gall in Bugguide pages.

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Contributed by S. E. Seater on 10 December, 2009 - 12:19pm
Last updated 20 September, 2015 - 1:22am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 December, 2009 - 2:26pm

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