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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Oregon Oak Gall Wasp

Besbicus mirabilis

Not Evaluated

About

A gall wasp that induces conspicuous galls on Oregon white oak in western North America. Galls form on leaf veins and can be quite abundant.

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Did You Know?

Native Americans used some oak galls medicinally as an astringent to treat mouth sores and skin wounds.