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.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by S. E. Seater on 10 December, 2009 - 12:19pm Last updated 20 September, 2015 - 1:22am |