Emerged from Disholcaspis erugomamma gall on Quercus havardi on 4/7/24.
Observation of gall here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200348154
Last photo taken by Guerin Brown at University of Iowa.
Data e Local da fotos confirmadas.
Na cia dos amigos @andrelperez e @oliprioli.
Na Pousada dos Pescadores em São Bernardo do Campo.
Fazendo umas fotos para descontrair.
Importante: Todas as fotos são parte ou do mesmo indivíduo.
Ambiente: Mata Atlântica no alto da Serra do Mar.
At blacklight.
Insects in the trees making an odd popping noise at middle elevations along Guadalupe Peak trail
This is a new one for me! 12.5mm total length.
Just over 1cm long, perched on a dry grass stem at dusk on a cloudy evening with a light breeze. Gave itself a little back scratch with the middle leg
Absolutely crazy! I noticed a large woolly gall on Quercus turbinella and decided to collect it, and right after I plucked the gall off of the tree I noticed a small insect on it that I immeadiately realized was a gall wasp! The wasp was mid-emergence from the gall and I had the insane luck of collecting the gall as this was happening. The first two photos are in the field, right next to the tree the gall was on. I put the gall and the wasp in a plastic bag I had with me and still have them both at home. The wasp crawled around the bag for a while and it seemed to take about 20 minutes for its wings to dry. A bit after collection I noticed a drop of liquid on it's wing as it was flexing it. I intend to preserve the wasp for ID and to hopefully help in future studies to get the species described.
Found a pair resting in a torpid state on a dried yarrow stem on an overcast morning, ~60F
Dug up by accident! The first photos are as-found, with the Sandalus larva curled around the Cicada nymph's legs.