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Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects and mites, and ...

For more than a hundred years, scientists have studied the strange partnership between ants and seeds. In this relationship, ...

Gall wasps lay their eggs in new shoots of citrus trees, and the tree develops distinctive galls that help the larvae grow before adult wasps emerge. The process negatively impacts the tree's ...

Speciation in kleptoparasites of oak gall wasps often correlates with shifts into new tree habitats, tree organs, or gall morphospace. Evolution, 2024; 78 (1): 174 DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad202; ...

Twenty-two new species of gall wasps have been identified and named for the first time, thanks to new research led by a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate student.

Oak galls are the result of gall wasps. Inside the galls are the insect's eggs and larvae. When the eggs are first laid, the galls will start as a lighter color, either green or yellow.

As a result, the tree starts to grow extra cells, which form a gall, a sort of cocoon for the wasp to grow into. The gall protects the wasp larva as it grows and provides food as well. Though the ...

Gall wasps are a small breed of wasps that lay their eggs […] ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Some residents have noticed small acorn-like balls in their yard or around their oak trees, ...

The two-horned oak gall wasp is just one of dozens of species of gall wasps that incubate their eggs in oak leaves. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Sunday, June 8th 2025 ...

Gall wasps, which belong to the family Cynipidae, do not sting. There are more than 700 species of cynipid gall wasps in North America and at least 90 species within the genus Callirhytis.