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Apiomorpha munita
The female bug causes gall growth with a distinctive four pointed structure that becomes her home/prison. About 20 were found on this tree. Smaller structures are male galls, often growing from the female gall. A dissection reveals a white neotenic insect with no eyes, no antennae, no legs and no wings.
Here is another one http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/819...
Thanks asergio. This clever bug is one of very few insects that survive our cold winters and live for two years.
Spotted on Jul 24, 2012
Submitted on Jul 24, 2012
