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Arizona Oak Galls, Part 5

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Charley Eiseman

Here is yet another gall from Arizona white oak. It is another “oak apple,” superficially similar to these, which I now know to be Atrusca aggregata (thanks to Jim Zimmerman, who has studied southwestern cynipid galls for many years and … Continue reading →

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Arizona Oak Galls, Part 3

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Charley Eiseman

Okay, having looked at photos of all the possible species, I’m pretty well satisfied that Arizona white oak (Quercus arizonica) was the host of all of the galls I collected in Madera Canyon that actually produced adult cynipid wasps. Armed … Continue reading →

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Wingless Wonderings

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Charley Eiseman

Over the winter I received a box of Nuttall oak acorns from Mississippi, containing cynipid wasp galls.  Over the past couple of days, several of these tiny (~1.5 mm) wasps have emerged: The wings aren’t deformed; all of the wasps … Continue reading →

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