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Small Oak Apple Gall Wasp (Amphibolips quercusostensackenii)
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Copyright © 2013
Nancy Kent
Small Oak Apple Gall -
Amphibolips quercusostensackenii
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
December 10, 2013
I think that this is some sort of oak gall. I'd like an Id, please.
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Contributed by
Nancy Kent
on 10 December, 2013 - 6:30pm
Last updated 8 September, 2021 - 8:48am
Adam Krantz
here
is working on the galls and reported that these were put into synonymy
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john and jane balaban
, 8 September, 2021 - 3:50pm
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Thank you!
I appreciate this ID very much, J & J!!!!
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Nancy Kent
, 8 September, 2021 - 1:49pm
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Please record the oak species whenever possible. I believe this gall is only known from red oak; there may be a gall like this that I'm not familiar with on another oak species.
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Charley Eiseman
, 2 January, 2014 - 8:33am
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Thanks,
Charley, I appreciate the info. You may remember that I'm really not good with tree Ids. I was doing well to recognize that it was oak. I also know that we do have red oak in our small park.
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Nancy Kent
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