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Gall type #16

  • Weld (1957) Figure 62.
  • Russo (2021) Page 144 & 145, Plate 203. [Bent Stem Gall Wasp, Unknown #16]
  • Polythalamus, integral stem gall, on new growth.
  • Have seen on Quercus chrysolepis.
  • Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Kern, and Mendocino Counties (California)


  • IMAGE 1      May 22, 2012      Mendocino County      Host Quercus chrysolepis.     


    IMAGE 2
    March 26, 2008
    Kern County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 3
    April 22, 2010
    Kern County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 4
    December 9, 2012
    Contra Costa County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 5
    Image #4 gall cut open,
    showing larval chambers.

    December 9, 2012
    Contra Costa County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 6
    December 2, 2012
    Los Angeles County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 7
    Image #6 gall cut open, showing
    cynipid adult that never emerged,
    with a parasitoid.

    December 2, 2012
    Los Angeles County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 8
    Image #6 gall cut open, showing
    cynipid adult that never emerged,
    with a parasitoid.

    December 2, 2012
    Los Angeles County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 9
    Cynipid larva from Image #6 gall.
    December 2, 2012
    Los Angeles County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

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    all photos and text © Joyce Gross