Hidden strategically around my desk area were the seed pods of the witch hazel bush. That morning, they had dried just enough ...

You could spot one or two, then dozens around the same tree. Oak galls are the result of gall wasps. Inside the galls are the insect's eggs and larvae. When the eggs are first laid, the galls will ...

The Chrysonotomyia susbelli is a parasitoid wasp, about 1 millimeter long, that emerges from galls, or tumorlike growths created by the gall wasp Neuroterus bussae found on southern live oak leaves.

The Chrysonotomyia susbelli is a parasitoid wasp, about 1 millimeter long, that emerges from galls, or tumorlike growths created by the gall wasp Neuroterus bussae found on southern live oak leaves.

The bumps on oak tree foliage and branches are galls caused by minute cynipid wasps, and do not harm people or the trees.

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The wasps come out of a “microhabitat” of “tumorlike growths” made by a gall wasp species that lives on oak leaves on the campus, according to the news release. Researchers collected the ...

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