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Common Name:
Oak Apple Gall

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: parasitic Apocrita (no taxon)
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Cynipoidea
Family: Cynipidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Species:
Amphibolips confluenta or quercusspongifica

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/5/09

Stage: Immature
Sex:
Notes: This is an empty Gall. The wasp larva, which was inside, has since matured and exited through the hole at the base of the gall.

Amphibolips confluenta or quercusspongifica Cynipidae
Oak Apple Gall
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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