Reared from a galled stem - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207038133
Emerged from stem with gall - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207038133
Reared from a galled stem - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207038133
on Red-flowering Current; Russo p. 262 Leaf-fold-gall Midge
Russo Leaf Fold Gall Midge p,. 262
1 live adult. 5 dead/non-responsive preserved in 95% ethanol.
Stan State campus
West of bridge on north side of Trans-California Pathway.
Host Plant
Quercus chrysolepis
Acknowledgments
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Clear Creek Management Area, San Benito County, California
This bug crawled on me so I got a photo, if this is an ant it looks like it has deformed thorax
Found inside the oak gall pictured. Found on small stand of large Oregon White Oaks.
Saw several of these clustered fuzzy fingerlike growths on oak leaves in a forest full of speckled oak galls. Can’t find an a likely ID but looks like some other kind of gall.
For BIOL 245W Class. Extracted from White Oak stem gall. Accession ID 2120200