#Cynipidae

Ashes and DustA 'gallaxy' of Synergus wasps, inquilines of other gall wasps. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InsektenSamstag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsektenSamstag</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manitoba</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InsectSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsectSaturday</a>

Colin PurringtonFound a wasp ovipositing into a Callirhytis furva gall on Saturday. Actual ID likely impossible (wasps are hard), but iNaturalist's computer vision guessed Periclistus, a cynipid genus that uses other cynipid galls as homes. But Periclistus is not, I think, a known inquiline of Callirhytis, so likely something else. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gall</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/GallWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWeek</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/GallWeek2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWeek2024</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oak</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/inaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inaturalist</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a>

Ashes and DustIt's GALL WEEK!!!Here's a gall on a wild strawberry caused by a (likely undescribed) gall wasp species in the genus Diastrophus. The gall even started growing roots! Found in the boreal forest of northwestern Ontario, Canada.Post your gall pics and join the project on iNaturalist. Get your gall on!!<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cynipidae</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gall</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iNaturalist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWeek2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWeek2024</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Diastrophus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diastrophus</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ontario</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a><a href="https://inaturalist.ca/projects/gall-week-september-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inaturalist.ca/projects/gall-week-september-2024</a>

SK53Found an interesting looking Oak Gall today, possibly Dyer's Gall Andricus infectorius. It is the elongated sphere with bumpy bits. The gall alongside is Ram's-horn Gall.First found in Britain in 2012, but not recognised until later. Can be easily confused with Marble Gall.<a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/PlantGalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PlantGalls</a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/VC56" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VC56</a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Andricus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Andricus</a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Cynipidae</a>

Ashes and Dust🎶 We will We will Gall you! Gall you! 🎶 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gall</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InsektenSamstag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InsektenSamstag</a>

Ashes and DustNew gall wasp paper - one more step to sorting out this wonderful group of wasps! <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gall</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cynipidae</a> <a href="https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/121918/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/121918/</a>

Ashes and DustThe gall wasps are busy doing their thing on bur oak flowers in Manitoba. Species names in alt text. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gall</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manitoba</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oak</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a>

Ashes and DustGall Week has started!! Get out there and find some galls, join the Gall Week April 2024 project in iNaturalist, and revel in these wonderful creations!Here's some galls I found last year on an oak (a favorite host of many gall wasps).<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gall</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/iNaturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iNaturalist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWeekApril2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWeekApril2024</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWeek</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cynipidae</a>

Alex WildA distinctive little oak gall wasp from the UT insect collection. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Insects</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Collections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Collections</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cynipidae</a>

Colin PurringtonGalls made by Andricus nigricens on the underside of an oak leaf. Each of the little detachable sections contains a wasp, though not always the original gallmaker — like all galls, the inhabitants are a complicated mix of parasitoids and inquilines. I might collect some to provide entertainment during the winter months. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/GallWasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oak</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/quercus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quercus</a>

Colin PurringtonHere's a good primer on gall wasps from KQED. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oak</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/quercus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quercus</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgP5NzcTuA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgP5NzcTuA</a>

Colin PurringtonHere's a cynipid wasp in the genus Acraspis that I found crawling on snow a few years ago. Look at those wing stubs! <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oak</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/quercus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quercus</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a>

Colin PurringtonOak pea gall made by the cynipid wasp, Acraspis pezomachoides. I'm tempted to collect some of these and rear them for winter entertainment. Full of females (wingless or brachypterous) because this is the gall of the agamic generation. I have no idea what the sexual-phase one looks like. Gall wasps are so strange. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oak</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/quercus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quercus</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a>

Colin PurringtonWant to help out a gall-wasp researcher? Louis Nastasi at Penn State University is appealing to people in the United States able to send him herb-wasp galls (Aulacideini) from the following plants: rattlesnake root, tuberous desert chicory, Lindley's silverpuff, rabbitbrush, and rosinweed. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxonomy</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/83774-gall-week-fall-2023-top-5-north-american-herb-gall-wasps-to-look-for" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/83774-gall-week-fall-2023-top-5-north-american-herb-gall-wasps-to-look-for</a>

Ashes and DustA gall twofer on this <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/WaspWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaspWednesday</a>. Both caused by gall wasps (Cynipidae). The fuzzy one is courtesy of Druon ignotum and other by Andricus dimorphus. On bur oak in Manitoba, Canada. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gall</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Manitoba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manitoba</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GallWasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GallWasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hymenoptera</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cynipidae</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/wasp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasp</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insect</a>

Colin PurringtonJust a reminder that if you find fallen oak branches after a storm you should look for galls and post photographs. I highly recommend this site for ID help. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wasps</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/oaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oaks</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/galls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#galls</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/cynipidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cynipidae</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://gallformers.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gallformers.org/</a>

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