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Gary Oak Gall - Cynips mirabilis
Copyright © 2011 Lynette Elliott

Gary Oak Gall - Cynips mirabilis
Naches Trail Preserve, Pierce County, Washington, USA
March 8, 2011
Here is a gall I collected on March 5th. I broke it open on March 8th. Inside I found a tiny pupa. I photographed it March 8th, 9th, 19th, 25th and it emerged from my container as an adult on the 31st. I hope this is the real speckled gall wasp this time and not another imposter. Here is what I ended up with last year:

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Gary Oak Gall - Cynips mirabilis gall wasp pupa gall wasp pupa gall wasp pupa chalcid wasp chalcid wasp chalcid wasp
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 31 March, 2011 - 3:42pm
Last updated 1 April, 2011 - 9:49am

Moved
Moved from Eupelmidae.
I think gall images should go in the gall section unless they show some sign of the parasitoid (e.g., its exit hole)--and in that case, it would be good to include a thumbnail link on the guide page for the gall wasp.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 April, 2011 - 9:49am

 
Thanks
Sounds good to me.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 April, 2011 - 9:59am

Moved
Moved from Chalcidoid Wasps.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 April, 2011 - 9:43am

 
Did you
want this here or in the gall section?
… John R. Maxwell, 1 April, 2011 - 9:48am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 April, 2011 - 9:42am

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