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cynipid wasp
NOUN
small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
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Also called a bedeguar gall or Robin's pincushion, this gall is formed by a
Cynipid wasp
, Diplolepis rosae, that overwinters in the gall in the larval stage, then completes its life cycle in the spring.
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