Host: Valley Oak.
? Two galls on Leather Oak.
Cynips q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp. (For now) On one Leather Oak branch. @megachile photos 1-3 are the same gall; 4 is a different one on the same branch. Also Bowtie or Pinched Leaf? I’m hoping for Gall Week there will be more!
Cynips-q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp on CA Scrub Oak.
Cynips q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp on Leather Oak. Many on the couple shrubs at this corner on the Sylvan Trail. Last year all I saw was a few Beaked Twig Gall Wasp galls. Seeing so many pink bowties this summer.
Cynips q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp on a few scrubby CA Scrub Oaks along the Sylvan Trail. Last year all I saw was Beaked Twig Galls!
Cynips q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp on Leather Oaks.
Cynips q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp on Leather Oak.
Cynips q-durata-pink-bow-tie-gall-wasp on Leather Oak.
Not taken with telephoto, this deer just didn't care.