Andricus inflator Hymenoptera: Cynipidae - gall wasp
Andricus inflator

Agamic and sexual generations - photographs on Quercus, Oak

Hosts:
Both agamic and sexual generations on Quercus frainetto, petraea, pubescens, robur

Agamic galls have a soft outer layer that later disintergrates leaving only the very hard inner layer (with ribbed surface)

Sexual galls are hard and woody with a small inner chamber


Andricus inflator

Andricus inflator

Andricus inflator

Andricus inflator

Andricus inflator, larva
Andricus inflator
Pamphill, Corfe Mullen and Pallington Lakes, Dorset. October and November 2017

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