Size: ~1.5mm bl. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

 

Gall Wasp

 

Hatched from gall

Hymenoptera: Cynipidae

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Size: ~1.5mm bl. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
Size: ~1.5mm bl. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Fuzzy gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia) from which the
above wasp emerged. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant.