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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini)
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Gall Wasp from Oak Apple on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens - male
Copyright © 2010 Peter Bryant

Gall Wasp from Oak Apple on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens - Male
Laguna Laurel, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
March 11, 2010
Size: 1.5mm bl
Raised in captivity from oak apple

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Gall Wasp from Oak Apple on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens - male Oak Apple on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens Gall Wasp from Oak Apple on Scrub Oak, probably Quercus acutidens - male
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 14 March, 2010 - 12:43am
Last updated 24 January, 2023 - 1:06am

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Adam Kranz, 24 January, 2023 - 1:06am login or register to post comments

yes, a cynipid, male
Oak species would help again. I'm quite sure the gall is on a white or intermediate oak, not a black oak. Do you have photos of the top of the gall, and the other side also?

[March 16 edits: Removed text about possible gall wasp species because the gall associated with this wasp has been changed/corrected.]
… Joyce Gross, 15 March, 2010 - 2:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Peter Bryant, 14 March, 2010 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

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