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White oak gall wasp - Ceroptres - male
Copyright © 2010 Charley Eiseman

White oak gall wasp - Ceroptres - Male
Westborough Wildlife Management Area, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 29, 2010
Size: 2 mm
Emerged yesterday (4/28/10) from a gall in a white oak (Quercus alba) leaf that I collected from the forest floor in March.

[Edit] Several months after this wasp emerged, I was doing a little housecleaning and discovered that a female had emerged from a similar gall on the same leaf:

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White oak gall wasp - Ceroptres - male White oak gall wasp - Philonix fulvicollis - male
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 April, 2010 - 3:30pm
Last updated 6 February, 2013 - 1:51pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified little round galls on white oak leaf veins.
Det. Matt Buffington; the male and female are likely the same species; no comparable identified specimens in the U.S. National Collection.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 February, 2013 - 1:51pm

 
Spotted similar specimen
Just outside my window we have a large oak. I believe I have a specimen of a very similar or identical wasp stuck between the screen and the window.
… Dk1994, 26 May, 2020 - 4:09pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 May, 2011 - 6:42pm

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