Oak Galls

Gall type #15

  • Weld (1957) Figure 50.
  • Russo (2021) Page 133, Plate 177. [Flower Gall Wasp, Unknown #14]
  • Woolly male catkin galls in spring, along the staminate axis.
  • Have seen on Quercus chrysolepis and Quercus vacciniifolia
  • Contra Costa, El Dorado, and San Mateo Counties (California)


  • IMAGE 1      August 7, 2011      Contra Costa County      Host Quercus chrysolepis.     


    IMAGE 2
    May 24, 2009
    Contra Costa County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

    IMAGE 3
    This catkin has woolly staminate
    galls and also smooth filament galls
    as in Gall Type #14

    August 7, 2011
    Contra Costa County
    Host Quercus chrysolepis.

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