megachile's Identifications
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Two-horned Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus dubiosus)Observer
hkibakDescription
More observations of Two-horned Gall Wasps emerging from catkin galls on this Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia). Usually wind complicates photography, but today the wasps were more afraid of flying than me. I didn't even have my good camera and I was still able to get reasonable photos.
Wasps getting out of the wind under Coast Live Oak leaf photo #8.
Fearless: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207454928
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Bassettia flavipesObserver
nfurlanDescription
Damage reported on ornamental Q. bicolor and Q. macrocarpa - the result of birds feeding on cryptic cynipid larvae. Adults reared by @tbethke.
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Two-horned Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus dubiosus)Observer
hkibakDescription
It was a Two-horned Gall Wasp "hatch" today in the Monterey Peninsula - Fort Ord & Surrounds region. They were so abundant that one landed on my hand. I guided it to some fresh coast live oak growth I was next to and it didn't hesitate to step onto them. See these observations for galls and context:
Galls: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207454018
Multiple wasps: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207454462
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Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercusoperator)Observer
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. rubra. Multiple galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
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Andricus pisiformisObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. Two galls from the same tree (one growing on old C. clavula). Sending to Forbes lab.
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Neuroterus vesiculaObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. Sending to Forbes lab b/c of unusual location (on C. clavula)
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Genus MacrodiplosisObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. rubra. Tentative ID. Galls on veins of leaf underside. leaf fold (pocket?) on leaf upper side. q-rubra-early-vein-swelling? Collected if anyone wants them. Same tree as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207473324
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Andricus pisiformisObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. Five galls from the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
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Genus HeteroecusObserver
yerbasantaDescription
Empty Q. palmeri galls collected 2/17/24 from FONM. Uploading for morphology and maybe age/color of galls can tell us when they're good candidates for live galls to reduce collection impact.
Uploaded in reverse order by iNat uploader, each picture of an intact gall by ruler represents a different gall.
2nd photo (reordered from #7 to increase visibility) might actually be a thorax or abdomen?
Occupied galls here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200353736
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Neuroterus vesiculaObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. Sending to Forbes lab b/c of unusual color
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Andricus pisiformisObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. One gall. Sending to Forbes lab.
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Andricus pisiformisObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. Two galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
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Observer
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. phellos. Two galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
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Neuroterus minutusObserver
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. alba. One gall cluster. Sending to Forbes lab
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Genus HeteroecusObserver
yerbasantaDescription
Empty Q. palmeri galls collected 2/17/24 from FONM. Uploading for morphology and maybe age/color of galls can tell us when they're good candidates for live galls to reduce collection impact.
Uploaded in reverse order by iNat uploader, each picture of an intact gall by ruler represents a different gall.
2nd photo (reordered from #7 to increase visibility) might actually be a thorax or abdomen?
Occupied galls here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200353736
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Woolly Catkin Gall Wasp (Callirhytis quercusoperator)Observer
scoutingforplantsDescription
Q. nigra (C. quercusoperator?). Five galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
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