Male, 3.4mm bl. Emerged from gall collected 7/10/10 on Saltbush. Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. Photo 7/22/10 © Peter J. Bryant. Specimen #281

Torymid Wasp
from Saltbush gall

BOLD taxon ID PBTor2

Hymenoptera: Torymidae; Toryminae

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Female, 2.8mm bl + ovipositor 2.6mm. Emerged from gall collected 7/10/10 on Saltbush. Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. Photo 7/31/10 © Peter J. Bryant. Specimen #300
Gall, 4.0 x 2.0cm, induced by the Saltbush Gall Midge, Asphondylia (solidaginis?), from which the male wasp on this panel emerged. Collected 7/10/10 on Saltbush. Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant.

Female, 2.2mm bl + ovipositor 1.8mm. Emerged from gall collected 8/30/10 on Saltbush. Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. Photo 9/7/10 © Peter J. Bryant. Specimen #311