Size: ~2mm bl. Parasitoid wasp hatched from terminal bud gall on Coyote Bush
(Baccharis pilularis). Aliso Canyon, Orange County, CA. 3/13/10. © Peter J. Bryant

Pteromalid Wasp

 

Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae

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Size: ~2mm bl. Parasitoid wasp hatched from terminal bud gall on Coyote Bush
(Baccharis pilularis). Aliso Canyon, Orange County, CA. 3/13/10. © Peter J. Bryant


Size: ~2mm bl. Parasitoid wasp hatched from fuzzy gall on scrub oak,
Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast
Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant

Size: ~2mm bl. Parasitoid wasp hatched from fuzzy gall on scrub oak,
Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast
Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant
Size: ~2mm bl. Parasitoid wasp hatched from fuzzy gall on scrub oak,
Quercus acutidens (= Quercus berberidifolia). 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
The same galls after shaving (viewed from other direction), showing two with
exit holes. Little Sycamore trail, Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, Laguna Beach,
Orange County, CA. 3/6/10. © Peter J. Bryant

Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 10-09-08. © Ron Hemberger
Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 10-09-08. © Ron Hemberger

Wasp, 1.5mm bl, hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens
(= Quercus berberidifolia), 03-24-10. Pacific Coast Trail, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant
Wasp, 1.5mm bl, hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens
(= Quercus berberidifolia), 03-24-10. Pacific Coast Trail, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant

Wasp, 1.6mm bl, hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens
(= Quercus berberidifolia), 03-22-10. Pacific Coast Trail, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant
Wasp, 1.6mm bl, hatched from a disc gall on scrub oak, Quercus acutidens
(= Quercus berberidifolia), 03-22-10. Pacific Coast Trail, San Diego County, CA. © Peter J. Bryant

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-3-09. © Ron Hemberger

San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 3/19/06. © Ron Hemberger