Host: Blue Oak. Early growth stage showing first hint of velvety hairs.
These leaf-based galls were in a California Scrub Oak off the road. There are a few exit holes visible. Identification by @noriko.
Host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173521065
I might have collected these galls.
These leaf-based galls were in a California Scrub Oak off the road. There's 1 exit hole visible. Identification by @noriko.
Host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173521065
I might have collected these galls.
These leaf-based galls were in a California Scrub Oak off the road. There's 1 exit hole visible. Identification by @noriko.
Host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173521065
I might have collected these galls.
These leaf-based galls were in a California Scrub Oak off the road. There's 1 exit hole visible. Identification by @noriko.
Host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173521065
I might have collected these galls.
According to @noriko this looks like a decaying Neuroterus saltatorius sexgen.
This is in a California Scrub Oak in Bogart Regional Park. Photos 3-4 show it when it was attached to the oak.
Host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173521065