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gall wasp - Ceroptres - female
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

gall wasp - Ceroptres - Female
Greenfield, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Size: 2.2mm
I collected the gall ant the wasp emerged in a container on 5-17-11.

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Contributed by tom murray on 20 May, 2011 - 10:10am
Last updated 5 January, 2024 - 12:01am

Moved
Moved from ex Callirhytis clavula.
… Adam Kranz, 5 January, 2024 - 12:01am

Moved
Moved from Ceroptres.
… Adam Kranz, 5 January, 2024 - 12:00am

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
Appears to be Ceroptres (an inquiline), according to Zhiwei Liu.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 February, 2012 - 12:39pm

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