Andricus foecundatrix
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andricus-foecundatrix-191-3849724
title:
Andricus foecundatrix
text:
Andricus foecundatrix is a parthenogenetic gall wasp which lays a single egg within a leaf bud, using its ovipositor, to produce a gall known as an oak artichoke gall, oak hop gall, larch-cone gall or hop strobile The gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of leaf axillary or terminal buds on pedunculate oak or sessile oak trees. The larva lives inside a smaller hard casing inside the artichoke and this is released in autumn. The asexual wasp emerges in spring and lays her eggs in the
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description:
Species of wasp
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andricus_foecundatrix
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date modified:
2023-11-23T02:27:08Z
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