This small wasp was on a plant.
On: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215661498
Edit: Nearby Oaks are Coast Live Oaks, and further away some Holm Oaks.
Photos 4 and 11 were brightened.
This gall is on a Fiddleneck along the Barham Ridge Trail.
Host plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215657642
Photos 1 and 3 were darkened.
On Microseris douglasii.
On Microseris douglasii.
Last 2 photos show the same plant with normal flower and seed heads. Plant, Silphium gracile, posted separately. Town of Washington, my yard.
Is that some sort of gall on it?
Hidden in a lettuce growing in a wet area. Near the top. Collected
Wasp emerged sometime before 2 April 2024 from acorn plum galls collected 12 September 2022. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149459682
Host: Smooth Catsear.
Host plant photos included
S. laciniatum - cryptic petiole galls. Reared from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204952580
S. laciniatum - cryptic petiole galls. Reared from https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/157082854