Wasp 2.2mm bl, hatched from a steeple gall on Canyon Live Oak, Quercus chrysolepis. Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. Gall collected 5/9/10; wasp hatched 10/16/10. © Peter J. Bryant

Gall Wasp

Heteroecus sanctaeclarae

Hymenoptera: Cynipidae

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Wasp 2.2mm bl, hatched from a steeple gall on Canyon Live Oak, Quercus chrysolepis. Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. Gall collected 5/9/10; wasp hatched 10/16/10. © Peter J. Bryant
Steeple Gall, 9mm diam., from which the wasp on the left emerged. On Canyon Live Oak, Quercus chrysolepis. Deer Springs Trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/9/2010. © Peter J. Bryant.
Parasitoids:

Eupelmid Wasp, Reikosiella