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Andricus quercuscalicis
Knopper Gall
(shown with Quercus robur)
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Photographer: Phil Pullen
ID: 0000 0000 0811 0271 (2011-08-05)Copyright © 2011 Phil Pullen
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date of photo Aug 5, 2011
location
Newton Abbot, Devon. (England, United Kingdom)family
Cynipidae
order
Hymenoptera
class Insecta
notes The gall is caused by the agamic generation of the gall wasp Andricus quercuscalicis and is usually found on Quercus robur (sometimes Quercus petraea). The sexual generation develops in spring in small conical galls that form on the male catkins of Quercus cerris, Turkey Oak. The Knopper Gall is a recent introduction to the British Isles, first arriving in the 1960s and now found throughout England, Wales and as far north as Scotland. The word 'knopper' derives from the German word 'knoppe' meaning a kind of felt cap or helmet worn during the 17th-century.photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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