Disholcaspis mellifica; Twig Gall Wasp; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Quercus+durata&title_tag=Quercus+durata>Quercus durata</a>)</small>

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Disholcaspis mellifica; Twig Gall Wasp; (shown with Quercus durata)

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Disholcaspis mellifica
Twig Gall Wasp
(shown with Quercus durata)

Photographer: Joyce Gross

ID: 1111 1111 2222 1932 (2009-11-14)

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date of photo Oct 26, 2009

location South of Conn Dam (Napa County, California, US)

family Cynipidae

order Hymenoptera

class Insecta

notes On Quercus durata (leather oak). A Prenolepis imparis (False Honey Ant) is eating honeydew secreted by the gall.

camera Canon 40D; MP-E65mm macro lens

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

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common names Twig Gall Wasp (photographer)

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