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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Thistle Gall Wasp

Isocolus scabiosae

About

A minute gall-inducing wasp that forms swellings on knapweed flower heads. It has been studied as a potential biocontrol agent for invasive knapweeds.

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Did You Know?

A single flower head can contain dozens of tiny gall chambers, each housing one larva.