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 cynipidae wasp? perhaps Cynips sp. ??
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-03-2007 01:09
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi I found this beautiful wasp today. Next photos are above 3:1 magnification. It is about 3 mm. A shining abdomen and hump thorax. Venation is typical for Cynipidae wasp? Let me know what do you think.  Thanks! jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [158.43Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-03-2007 01:09
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
other view
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-03-2007 01:10
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
another lateral view
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-03-2007 01:10
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
wing venation.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-03-2007 21:44
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Certainly a cynipid wasp - perhaps an Andricus spp.? Here in the UK the orange/brown-bodied ones are usually Andricus but that's a very unscientific way to identify something so tricky! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-03-2007 23:00
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
we have lots of galls here of all kinds  I will catch some, and put them in a box to see which kind of cynipid wasps get out.  Knowing the type of gasp it is more easy to know. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-03-2007 23:40
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Studying galls is very good fun - but be a little careful because not all that comes out is a cynipid ... and even if it is a cynipid it might NOT be the builder of the gall. There are species of cynipid that live as 'inquilines' (or 'squatters' inside the gall of another cynipid. Also, in my experience you are *much* more likely to see chalcid parasitoids appearing from a gall ... the original causers of the gall are often quite scarce. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 09-03-2007 11:17
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes. I know that. I will try to collect some gall wasps... of Quercus spp. I know that there are other arthropods that can make galls as well. But not like I see in leaves of Quercus spp. or the branches, built by wasps. |
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| Fogel |
Posted on 09-11-2012 21:03
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Member Location: Posts: 1 Joined: 09.11.12 |
Where in the U.K. did you find the cynipid wasp?
the thing that links to my homepage -- http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/wasps-hornets-c-25.html |
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