Neuroterus q-fusiformis-spring-bud-gall (sexgen)
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Neuroterus
Hosts: Quercus fusiformis
Detachable: integral
Color: green
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Season: Spring
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Location: bud
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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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Cryptic succulent bud galls not apparently growing beyond bud scales. Male and female wasps emerge shortly before budbreak and wasps oviposit in male flower buds. Male and female wasps emerging from these galls have been genetically matched to females emerging from these mottled filament galls.
”- 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-fusiformis-spring-bud-gall on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
