cynipid wasp

NOUN

small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants

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Also called a bedeguar gall or Robin's pincushion, this gall is formed by a Cynipid wasp, Diplolepis rosae, that overwinters in the gall in the larval stage, then completes its life cycle in the spring.

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