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Melikaiella tumifica
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Copyright © 2011
Yurika Alexander
Galls on Oak petiole -
Melikaiella tumifica
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
May 4, 2010
Not great image... Found several on young oak tree.
Oak Petiole Gall Wasp?
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Contributed by
Yurika Alexander
on 4 January, 2011 - 3:22pm
Last updated 7 January, 2011 - 6:53pm
Moved
Moved from
Unidentified Galls
.
This is a new one for me.
Andricus quercuspetiolicola
galls are in leaves of the white oak group (rounded lobes with no bristle tips), but what you found is in the red/black oak group (pointed lobes, bristle tips).
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Charley Eiseman
, 7 January, 2011 - 6:53pm
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Oh, I see...
Thank you for the ID (and create new page), Charley!
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Yurika Alexander
, 7 January, 2011 - 7:13pm
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