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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) » Amphibolips
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Gall Wasp - Amphibolips
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

Gall Wasp - Amphibolips
Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
This is a dried out bud from the oak tree the gall was on.

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Contributed by tom murray on 9 March, 2011 - 10:58pm
Last updated 5 January, 2024 - 9:03pm

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… Adam Kranz, 5 January, 2024 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Hairy bud scales...
...keep pointing to Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), maybe Red Oak (Q. rubra). Buds of White Oak (Q. alba) are glabrous.
… John Pearson, 24 September, 2011 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Black Oak
Quercus velutina has hairy buds and is fairly common here in central Mass. I would say either Scarlet or Black.
… Marc DiGirolomo, 20 April, 2012 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

 
variation
Yes, black oak is a possibility, although its buds are generally completely hairy. Sometimes plants just don't "read the book" on how they are supposed to appear :) Something in the black oak group, based on hairiness of buds.
… John Pearson, 20 April, 2012 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Q. coccinea
I checked with another tree and shrub expert whose ID was Scarlet Oak.
… John Pearson, 10 October, 2013 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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I'm guessing white oak based on the gall... I think leaf scars would be useful, though I haven't done much with identifying oak twigs in winter.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 September, 2011 - 9:40pm login or register to post comments

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