Cherry Gall Wasp - Cynips quercusfolii
Cynips quercusfolii is a small black gall wasp. The agamic generation emerges from cherry galls on the leaves of some species of oak.
Cherry galls Cynips quercusfolii on oak
Asexual wasps emerge form cherry galls in late winter/autumn.
Widespread in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
davidwright
Manor Wood, Thornton
31 December 2020
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
14 October 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Cherry Gall
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Cynipidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 94
- First record:
- 09/09/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 18/11/2024 (Isabel Raval)
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