Atrusca q-turbinella-rusty-oak-apple (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus turbinella
Detachable: detachable
Color: orange, pink, red, yellow
Texture: hairy
Abundance: common
Shape: sphere
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment:
Walls: thin, radiating-fibers
Location: petiole, lower leaf, leaf midrib, between leaf veins
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: 
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.
Plant Galls of the Western United States
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Atrusca sp.
Rusty-oak-apple-gall wasp
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Hosts: Quercus turbinella
Galls of this wasp species tend to get your attention, as they are large, bright rusty red, and uniformly covered with fine, short, white hairs.
Range: Southwest NV
”- Russo, Ronald A. : (2021) Plant Galls of the Western United States©
Further Information:
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-turbinella-rusty-oak-apple on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
