galls on Baccharis halimifolia
@louisnastasi
Santa Barbara County, California
Gall on Common Dandelion
Stem gall on common dandelion
Cup plant host. Spending only a little time and with no in depth search seemed to be uncommon at site.
Cup plant host. Many old stems full of exit holes, presumably from this and its parasitoids, so quite common at site.
One of niw about 5 seen on nearby plants, this one with orange visible behind (opening?).
This exact gall collected for research. Palmetto Island State Park. On Verbesina virginica.
On Quercus alba
Coll 29May2024 KR ROW
Emerged 12Jun2024
24-017
https://gallformers.org/gall/870
Found on the Salvia in the second photo