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Burnettweldia washingtonensis
2222_0791 Photo added 2006-06-01

Burnettweldia washingtonensis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Round-Gall Wasp
Sunol Regional Park, Sunol, Alameda County, California
May 29, 2006

Old wasp gall on Quercus lobata. The gall contained this Sycophila sp. inside. Sycophila is a primary or secondary parasitoid of the gall inducer. Thanks to Kathy Schick and Bob Zuparko for helping identify the parasitoid.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross