Female, 2.7mm bl plus 2.5mm ovipositor. Emerged from leafy gall on wild rose. Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 9/24/2010. © Peter J. Bryant

Parasitoid Wasp

Torymus sp.

Hymenoptera: Torymidae

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Female, 2.7mm bl plus 2.5mm ovipositor. Emerged from leafy gall on wild rose. Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 9/24/2010. © Peter J. Bryant

Gall (2.4cm diam.) from which the wasp on the left emerged. On wild rose. Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 9/24/2010. © Peter J. Bryant

Female, 3.7mm bl + 3.5mm ovipositor. Emerged from leafy gall on wild rose. Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 9/24/2010. © Peter J. Bryant.

Gall (3.5cm diam.) from which the wasp on the left emerged. On wild rose. Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 9/24/2010. © Peter J. Bryant