On Quercus sinuata.
Photos 1 & 2: backlit gall formed on developing leaf bud.
Photos 3 & 4: galls developing on leaf margin and mid-stem.
Photos 5, 6, & 7: Disected developing "fresh" gall and larva made out of little cell-like pieces.
Photos 8 & 9: dry gall/dissected chamber. I think I may have accidentally smashed its inhabitant, I could not find it :( It also may have pupated and flown away. ¯\ (ツ)/¯
MV/BLF Rig - Attracted to Mercury Vapor/Blacklight Fluorescent LEG: rn3|rjnjr - Nocturnal - Livermore Ranch - on loan to Sam Houston State Natural History Collections - Expedition 2016 - Davis Mountains - Photography by Robert J. Nuelle, Jr.
Det. J. Cicero, 2022
coll'ed beating/sweeping, in route to BugGuide Gathering_2013
spmn in the TAMUIC
Had such a tremendous time with fellow naturalists at Timberlake Field Station. https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/pfau_tarleton/52212-june-bioblitz-timberlake-field-station
Still working on LOTS of these ID's...
Hinsley Park
Longview, TX
on the wall under the lights
Det. M. A. Quinn, 2019
coll'ed by Ben F. Pfeiffer
spmn in the BFPC, New Braunfels, TX
Light was dull and yellow.