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Callirhytis_seminator1_2023-05-26 SW Michigan USA See the adjacent photo for a detailed view. Found on an oak sapling, perhaps a meter tall.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/159197/callirhytis_seminator2_2023-05-26_sw_michigan_usa.html" title="Callirhytis_seminator2_2023-05-26 SW Michigan USA"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/11710/159197_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=rbhzx9ApFO3ETMNx1R4QNRhMEkU%3D" width="152" height="152" alt="Callirhytis_seminator2_2023-05-26 SW Michigan USA This shelters the eggs and developing larvae of a tiny wasp. It continues to amaze me how beautiful and intricate nature can be- and why? What evolutionary advantage does this tiny wasp have to create something as beautiful as this? Callirhytis seminator,Geotagged,Spring,United States,Wool Sower Gall" /></a></figure> Callirhytis seminator,Geotagged,Spring,United States,Wool Sower Gall Click/tap to enlarge

Callirhytis_seminator1_2023-05-26 SW Michigan USA

See the adjacent photo for a detailed view. Found on an oak sapling, perhaps a meter tall.

Callirhytis_seminator2_2023-05-26 SW Michigan USA This shelters the eggs and developing larvae of a tiny wasp. It continues to amaze me how beautiful and intricate nature can be- and why? What evolutionary advantage does this tiny wasp have to create something as beautiful as this? Callirhytis seminator,Geotagged,Spring,United States,Wool Sower Gall

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    Nice find! Posted one year ago

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The Wool Sower Gall

Callirhytis seminator is a parasitoid wasp in the gall wasp family (Cynipidae) found in the eastern United States.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by Jon Reck
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By Jon Reck

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Uploaded Apr 15, 2024. Captured May 26, 2023 19:47 in JG9C+G8 Rutland Charter Township, MI, USA.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/5.6
  • 1/80s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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