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Mealy oak gall wasp

Disholcaspis cinerosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 195, February 167, March 210, April 394, May 94, June 46, July 69, August 93, September 189, October 374, November 199, December 189.
Texas3,777
Louisiana70
Alabama3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyGall Wasps · Cynipidae
GenusDisholcaspis

Sources

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