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Feron kingi
2222_2654 Photo added 2014-06-29

Feron kingi (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
Red Cone Gall Wasp
Sunol Regional Park, Sunol, Alameda County, California
September 14, 2013

This gall when not fully developed is more like an open cup or doughnut than like the cone-shape it later becomes. Host is Quercus lobata (valley oak).

all photos and text © Joyce Gross