On Quercus sinuata.
Photos 1 & 2: backlit gall formed on developing leaf bud.
Photos 3 & 4: galls developing on leaf margin and mid-stem.
Photos 5, 6, & 7: Disected developing "fresh" gall and larva made out of little cell-like pieces.
Photos 8 & 9: dry gall/dissected chamber. I think I may have accidentally smashed its inhabitant, I could not find it :( It also may have pupated and flown away. ¯\ (ツ)/¯
MV/BLF Rig - Attracted to Mercury Vapor/Blacklight Fluorescent LEG: rn3|rjnjr - Nocturnal - Livermore Ranch - on loan to Sam Houston State Natural History Collections - Expedition 2016 - Davis Mountains - Photography by Robert J. Nuelle, Jr.
Det. J. Cicero, 2022
coll'ed beating/sweeping, in route to BugGuide Gathering_2013
spmn in the TAMUIC
Had such a tremendous time with fellow naturalists at Timberlake Field Station. https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/pfau_tarleton/52212-june-bioblitz-timberlake-field-station
Still working on LOTS of these ID's...