Adult reared from fuzzy Quercus garyana galls on underside of leaf. Reared from obs https://inaturalist.ca/observations/145766249.
Adult ID:
Keys to Cynipini in Buffington et al (2020)
Toothed tarsal claws
Keys to Atrusca in Melika et al (2021)
Doesn’t fit Feron based on Cuesta-Porta et al (2023)
Species level ID based on gall morphology and host plant since I don’t have Kinsey (1936) yet.
Some sort of odd growth/galls on toyon
For the galls only
Wasp found here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243360870
Many thin branches of this coast live oak had these swellings and many have what appear to be exit holes.
starting to look for the bisexual gall after previous observation of unisexual generation at
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193458346
On red oak. Small; each is ~2mm in diameter. The first 4 images show the galls at the upper
surface of the leaf (1,2) and from the under surface (3,4). The next 3 images highlight tiny mites (with a crudely estimated length of ~0.2mm) on the leaf and gall surfaces. Are these mites a stage of midge development or are they completely unrelated to the galls?