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Feron parmula
2222_1462 Photo added 2007-09-28

Feron parmula (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Disc Gall Wasp
Las Trampas Regional Park, Contra Costa County, California
September 16, 2007

There is a second species of wasp gall on these leaves, the 'Pink Bow Tie Gall Wasp' (per Ron Russo's Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and other Western States). The Pink Bow Tie Gall Wasp has not yet been scientifically described. These galls are on Quercus berberidifolia (scrub oak).

all photos and text © Joyce Gross