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Trichoteras vacciniifoliae
2222_1090 Photo added 2006-12-03

Trichoteras vacciniifoliae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)   (Synonym: Andricus vaccinifoliae)
Oak Apple Wasp
Angelo Coast Range Reserve, Mendocino County, California
September 23, 2006

Gall is cut open to show the chamber in the middle in which the wasp is developing. The chamber is connected to the thin outer shell of the gall by radiating fibers. Gall found lying on the ground near the Eel River. Size around 30mm in diameter. ID by Ron Russo.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross