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Andricus quercuscalifornicus (occasionally Andricus californicus), or the California gall wasp, is a small wasp species that induces oak apple galls on white oaks, primarily the valley oak (Quercus lobata) but also other species such as Quercus berberidifolia. The California gall wasp is considered an ecosystem engineer, capable of manipulating ...
McCracken & Egbert, 1922. Andricus confertus, the convoluted gall wasp, is a fairly common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. This gall, with its pink, brain-like appearance, is actually a cluster of galls. [1] In summer, parthenogenetic female larvae induce these galls on the underside of ...
Oak apple or oak gall is the common name for a large, round, vaguely apple-like gall commonly found on many species of oak. Oak apples range in size from 2 to 4 centimetres (1 to 2 in) in diameter and are caused by chemicals injected by the larva of certain kinds of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1]
Species: N. saltatorius. Binomial name. Neuroterus saltatorius. Edwards. Neuroterus saltatorius, also known as the jumping gall wasp, is a species of oak gall wasp. It is found in North America, where it induces galls on a variety of oak trees, including Oregon oak, valley oak, California scrub oak, blue oak, [1][2] and leather oak. [3]
Dryocosmus dubiosus is an abundant species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. Commonly known as the two-horned gall wasp, the wasp oviposits on the leaves and catkins of coast live oaks and interior live oaks. After the eggs hatch, the resulting gall form looks like it has a set of bull's horns.
Diastrophus nebulosus on a raspberry gall. Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development. About 1,300 species of this generally very small creature (1–8 millimetres or 1⁄32 ...
Andricus quercusstrobilanus, the lobed oak gall wasp, is a species [1] of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae, [2] found in North America. [3] The quercus in its specific name is the genus name for oak, while "strobilus" is derived from the Greek strobilo which means "cone", a reference to the cone shape of the gall; [4] thus the gall is sometimes called pine cone oak gall.
Dryocosmus minusculus is an abundant species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in California in North America. [1][2] Commonly known as the pumpkin gall wasp, the wasp oviposits on the leaves of Quercus agrifolia, Quercus wislizenii, and Quercus kelloggii. In spring and summer, larvae induce round galls reaching 1 mm across.