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Disholcaspis prehensa
2222_2426 Photo added 2012-12-30

Disholcaspis prehensa (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Clasping Twig Gall Wasp
Pine Flat Road, Sonoma County, California
October 6, 2012

Stem galls on Quercus berberidifolia (scrub oak). Some droplets of honeydew, secreted by the galls, are visible.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross