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Disholcaspis eldoradensis
2222_1533 Photo added 2007-11-10

Disholcaspis eldoradensis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Honey Dew Gall Wasp
Del Valle Regional Park, Livermore, Alameda County, California
September 30, 2007

The ants are eating honey dew secreted by the gall. On Quercus lobata (valley oak).

all photos and text © Joyce Gross