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Heteroecus pacificus
2222_2316 Photo added 2012-02-09

Heteroecus pacificus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Beaked Spindle Gall Wasp
Blue Oak Ranch Reserve, Santa Clara County, California
September 3, 2011

Bisexual generation leaf galls, on Quercus chrysolepis (canyon live oak). One exit hole visible here.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross