Amphibolips q-nigra-speckled-bud-gall (agamic)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Amphibolips
Hosts: Quercus nigra
Detachable: detachable
Color: green, black
Texture: bumpy, hairless, spotted
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Shape: globular
Season: Summer, Fall
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Alignment: erect
Walls: thick, radiating-fibers
Location: bud
Form: oak apple
Cells: monothalamous
Possible Range:i
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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 green globular gall speckled with slightly raised black dots, similar to the agamic gall of Amphibolips spinosa, with thick walls and short radiating fibers holding a single central larval cell, on buds of Quercus nigra appearing as early as July and persisting into the fall and likely over winter. Observed in Florida and Louisiana. This is likely the agamic generation gall of Amphibolips melanocera.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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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-nigra-speckled-bud-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
