~3mm bl. One of about 30 wasps (all apparently the same gender) hatched from Oak Apple shown below. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

 

Pteromalid Wasp

 

Hatched from gall

Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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~3mm bl. One of about 30 wasps (all apparently the same gender) hatched from Oak Apple shown above. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.


2.5cm diam. Oak Apple on Scrub Oak. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.