3.5mm bl. Hatched 4/23/11 from Leafy Bract Gall on Wild Rose collected 9/19/10. Strawberry Creek, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant.
Gall Wasp

Diplolepis polita

Hymenoptera: Cynipidae

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3.5mm bl. Hatched 4/23/11 from Leafy Bract Gall on Wild Rose collected 9/19/10. Strawberry Creek, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant.

Leafy bract gall from which the wasp on this page emerged. On Wild Rose collected 9/19/10. Strawberry Creek, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant. Note: According to Russo, this wasp is the inducer of a different gall type (spiny leaf gall) on rose.