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Ball-tipped gall wasp (Xanthoteras teres)

The ball-tipped gall wasp (Xanthoteras teres, formerly Trigonaspis teres) is a cynipid wasp which induces diminutive fuzzy galls on the undersides of white oak leaves.


Ball-tipped gall wasp (Xanthoteras teres) gall on California scrub oak. Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, Solano County, California, USA.
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Ball-tipped gall wasp (Xanthoteras teres), detailed close-up of a gall on California scrub oak. Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, Solano County, California, USA.
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Ball-tipped gall wasp (Xanthoteras teres), high magnification close-up of a single gall. Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, Solano County, California, USA.
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