Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 371140 - Psn: 55)

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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The gall of a Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/11/2009). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.

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The gall of a Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/11/2009). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide.

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/6/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 409130 - Psn: 115)

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/6/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 784619 - Psn: 165)

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/20/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 946408 - Psn: 175)

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/20/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1249310 - Psn: 185)

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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"Produces stalked galls emerging from veins of leaves in the white oak group (Quercus bicolor, Q. alba, Q. prinus, Q. stellata [and] Q. macrocarpa). Adults emerge from galls in spring" (BugGuide, 2016).

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Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Carrie Seltzer via iNaturalist.

The gall of a Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Baltimore City, Maryland (5/11/2009). Determined by Charley Eiseman/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/6/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (4/20/2023). (c) jtylerbell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Tyler Bell.

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/20/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Matthew Beziat.

Small Oak Spindle Gall Wasp in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/2/2025). (c) Joe Girgente, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Joe Girgente via iNaturalist.