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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) » Callirhytis » Wool Sower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis seminator)
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Egg casing - Callirhytis seminator
Copyright © 2010 Emily Newman

Egg casing - Callirhytis seminator
Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky, USA
This pic was taken a year or two ago, but I don't remember the time of year it was taken. The casing was found in the vicinity of oak and pine trees.

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Egg casing - Callirhytis seminator Egg casing - Callirhytis seminator
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Contributed by Emily Newman on 26 September, 2010 - 3:55am
Last updated 26 April, 2012 - 12:26pm

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps. I just found this exact same thing today, attached to a white oak (Quercus alba), and I believe it is an old one of these:

I couldn't tell from the photo that the outer covering is a squishy, fibrous material.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 December, 2010 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 October, 2010 - 5:59am login or register to post comments

a gall wasp of sorts
those are pupa, not eggs.
… J. Anderson, 26 September, 2010 - 7:32am login or register to post comments

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