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Pteromalidae
These galls are from a broken branch so appear dried out. Therefore I opened about ten. Each contained a larva of a gall wasp. There is a psyllid bug nymph nearby that is typical of a lerp psyllid, probably a free living species.
In a suburban street on a planted eucalyptus.
Here is a healthy (?) infestation on the same tree last year. They were completely pruned away but have regrown. I did not explore the culprit back then. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/143... Seema to be a weasp. http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations... Also possibly a hymenoptera http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Spotted on Aug 15, 2013
Submitted on Aug 15, 2013
6 Comments
No that is just sneaky! I would never have picked the difference. I'll be on the lookout in future.
Thanks Martini, I know I could count on you!! Me thinks that it is a distorted version of the spined turbun gall.
Thanks Jemma, I think I found it for you
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/360...
a crazy one.
Some galls do mimic plant parts, such as gumnuts. Check these out;
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/181...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/356...
Amazing! They almost look like a feature of the plant.