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Wool sower galls
NatureNotes
English - May 05, 2023 09:30 - 1 minute - 1.57 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Sports Wilderness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Callirhytis seminator, the wool sower, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. The adult wasps are about 1/8" in length and dark brown in color. They lay the egg in a gall, a round, white structure resembling a cotton ball. It starts out white and later changes color.