FAMILY CYNIPIDAE (Gall Wasps)

Hymenoptera-Cynipidae-Atrusca aggregata-Gall Wasps FEMALE (O)

Atrusca aggregata

Madera Canyon
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Coordinates: 31.713636, -110.872958
Elevation: 5,412 ft
Galls found on September 24, 2022 on oak leaves of Arizona white oak (Quercus arizonica). Six female wasps had emerged three months and ten days after collecting the galls (January 3, 2023). Unfortunately, all of them were dead.
Determined by Salvador Vitanza
Confirmed by Adam Kranz
Hind wing

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