free-rolling elongate cell
But missing ribbed exterior
Q nigra
https://www.gallformers.org/gall/909
Q. alba. 2 galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab
Q. velutina. One gall. Sending to Forbes lab
Q. phellos. Multiple galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab. Unknown? At first I thought these were q-incana-green-bud-gall but the observed galls seem to be growing around/in the petioles, and they do not look like the "neat" ball shape of the green-bud-galls
Q. stellata. Two galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
Q. velutina. One gall. Sending to Forbes lab.
Q. alba. One gall cluster. Sending to Forbes lab
Q. nigra. Five galls on the same tree. Sending to Forbes lab.
Host plant: coast live oak
Collected: 04-07-2024
Dissected: 04-16-2024
I collected some fallen coast live oak catkins covered in old galls in a small container, yesterday (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156361771, http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156491874). Today, I found this tiny insect trying to get out. I don’t suppose it came from one of the galls, as it looks like they were evacuated long ago? But it does look like one of the iNat preview photos for Dryocosmus. It even appears to have yellow legs/antennae in Photo #2 and #5…. It’s so small, I thought that it was entirely black even when looking at it in person.
Cynipidae? Seems to have shown up in an aquatics sample, possibly aquatic? Or maybe just fell in the water