Amphibolips confluenta; Spongy Oak Apple; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Quercus+rubra&title_tag=Quercus+rubra>Quercus rubra</a>)</small>

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Amphibolips confluenta; Spongy Oak Apple; (shown with Quercus rubra)

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Amphibolips confluenta
Spongy Oak Apple
(shown with Quercus rubra)

Photographer: Joyce Gross

ID: 1111 1111 2222 1365 (2007-08-19)

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date of photo Jul 15, 2007

location Ithaca (Tompkins County, New York, US)

family Cynipidae

order Hymenoptera

class Insecta

notes Identified with the help of Kathy Schick and Cynipid Galls of the Eastern United States by Lewis H. Weld (1959). Found underneath Quercus rubra (red oak). In this photo the gall has been cut open to show the fibers radiating from the central chamber that houses the wasp larva.

camera Canon 30D; 100mm macro lens

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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common names Spongy Oak Apple (photographer)

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