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Heteroecus sanctaeclarae
Heteroecus sanctaeclarae
Mushroom Gall
Photographer: Aaron Schusteff

ID: 0000 0000 0218 1963 (2018-02-27)

Copyright © 2018 Aaron Schusteff

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  • date of photo  Feb 13, 2018
  • location   Long Ridge Open Space, Santa Cruz Mountains (San Mateo County, California, US)
  • family Cynipidae
  • order Hymenoptera
  • class Insecta
  • notes   These galls appeared to be attached to terminal stem-ends on leafy distal twigs of Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis). Apparently the cynipids form their galls in leaf buds at terminal nodes.

    For more images/info, see the BugGuide page for Heteroecus sanctaeclarae and this page from Joyce Gross.

  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Mushroom Gall (photographer)
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