Female (1.7mm bl), hatched from a beaked twig gall from Scrub Oak, Quercus acutidens, collected at Blue Jay campground, Cleveland National Forest, CA. 10/31/10. Hatched and photographed 12/25/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Beaked Twig Gall Inquiline

Synergus sp.

Hymenoptera: Cynipidae

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Male (2.3mm bl), hatched from a beaked twig gall from Scrub Oak, Quercus acutidens, collected at Blue Jay campground, Cleveland National Forest, CA. 10/31/10. Hatched and photographed 12/25/10. © Peter J. Bryant.
Beaked twig gall from Scrub Oak, Quercus acutidens, showing large exit hole from the inducing Disholcaspis plumbella female and the small exit hole from which the Synergus male is about to emerge. Collected at Blue Jay campground, Cleveland National Forest, CA. 10/31/10. Photographed 12/25/10. © Peter J. Bryant.


Coupled pair, hatched from a beaked twig gall from Scrub Oak, Quercus acutidens, collected at Blue Jay campground, Cleveland National Forest, CA. 10/31/10. Hatched and photographed 12/25/10. © Peter J. Bryant.


Detail of forewing from male (2.3mm bl), hatched from a beaked twig gall from Scrub Oak, Quercus acutidens, collected at Blue Jay campground, Cleveland National Forest, CA. 10/31/10. Hatched and photographed 12/24/10. © Peter J. Bryant.