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l insect galls on oak tree - Andricus quercuscalifornicus

Walnut Creek, contra costa County, California, USA
July 8, 2013

Contributed by Hema Shah on 11 August, 2014 - 5:26pm
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 1:12pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Galls.

… Joyce Gross, 1 March, 2015 - 1:12pm

oak species?

Do you know if this was valley oak (Quercus lobata)? Also, do you remember if the gall had any fuzz on it at all?

The image is a little blurry, but the gall looks smooth to me (no fuzz), and your other gall image was from valley oak. Assuming this was a white oak of some sort, my guess is that this is a small and young Andricus quercuscalifornicus gall. Usually by July they are bigger than this one appears to be, but not always. Anyway, you may want to have a look at A. quercuscalifornicus and see what you think.

… Joyce Gross, 28 February, 2015 - 9:06pm

Andricus quercuscalifornicus

I agree!!!!

… Hema Shah, 28 February, 2015 - 11:54pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 2 September, 2014 - 10:39am

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