Wasp, 1.2mm bl, hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak similar to those shown on this page. 03-24-10, Pacific Coast Trail. © Peter J. Bryant

Disc Gall Wasp

Andricus parmula

Hymenoptera: Cynipidae

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Wasp hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak similar to those shown on this page.
03-24-10, Pacific Coast Trail. © Peter J. Bryant

Wasp hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak similar to those shown on this page. 03-24-10, Pacific Coast Trail. © Peter J. Bryant

Wasp hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak similar to those shown on this page. 03-24-10, Pacific Coast Trail. © Peter J. Bryant

~2.5mm diam. Gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, CA. 01-08-10. © Peter J. Bryant

~2.5mm diam. Gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, CA. 01-08-10. © Peter J. Bryant

~2.5mm diam. Gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, CA. 01-08-10. © Peter J. Bryant

~2.5mm diam. Galls on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, CA. 01-08-10. © Peter J. Bryant

~2.5mm diam. Galls on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Orange County, CA. 01-08-10. © Peter J. Bryant
The following parasitoid wasps hatched from these or similar disc galls:

Torymid Wasp

Eulophid Wasp

Pteromalid Wasp

Pteromalid Wasp