Amphibolips q-nigra-brown-plum-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips
Hosts: Quercus hemisphaerica / Quercus nigra
Detachable: detachable
Color: brown
Texture: hairless
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Shape: sphere
Season: Summer
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Location: fruit
Form: plum
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A spherical plum gall on immature second year acorns. Light brown-red in color and rough in texture, resembling a Disholcaspis quercusglobulus gall. A cross section revealed a solid succulent interior with a single central larval cell.
Observed in Florida on Quercus nigra in June (2) and on Quercus hemisphaerica in June.
This gall is likely the agamic gall formed by the same wasp that induces this leaf gall in the spring.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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