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 Cynipid gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii)

Cynipid gall wasp | Cynips quercusfolii photo
Cynipid gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii)
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Cynipid gall wasp | Cynips quercusfolii photo
Gall of Cynips quercusfolii. Location: Münster, NRW, Germany
Photograph by Guido Gerding. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)

Cynipid gall wasp | Cynips quercusfolii photo
A gall on an oak leaf, found on a country lane tree-lined with oaks in Brandenburg. This gall ist from the gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
Photograph by Grand-Duc, Wikipedia. Some rights reserved.  (view image details)





CYNIPID GALL WASP FACTS
Classification
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Cynipidae
Genus:Cynips
Species:quercusfolii
Common Name:Cynipid gall wasp


Relatives in same Genus
  Cynipid gall wasp (C. divisa)
  Cynipid gall wasp (C. longiventris)





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