Size: 4mm bl. Emerged from stem gall on Quercus chrysolepis. Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/31/10. © Peter J. Bryant

Eurytomid Wasp

Sycophila sp.

Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae

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Stem gall from which the above wasp emerged. On Quercus chrysolepis, Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/31/10. © Peter J. Bryant		  
The male shown below is suspected, but not yet proven, to be the same species

3.7mm bl. Reared from steeple gall on Quercus chrysolepis, Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/21/11. © Peter J. Bryant. Ref #798
3.7mm bl. Reared from steeple gall on Quercus chrysolepis, Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/21/11. © Peter J. Bryant. Ref #798

3.7mm bl. Reared from steeple gall on Quercus chrysolepis, Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/21/11. © Peter J. Bryant. Ref #798
3.7mm bl. Reared from steeple gall on Quercus chrysolepis, Deer Springs trail, Idyllwild, Riverside County, CA. 5/21/11. © Peter J. Bryant. Ref #798