Q • My oak trees have more large galls than I’ve ever seen on them, and I’m worried about their health. What can I do about ...

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It was a leaf gall of a very small wasp called translucent oak gall wasp, Amphibolips nubilipennis. In early spring, the female wasp lays her eggs on the underside of newly developing oak leaves.

The gall will eventually turn brown once the insect is ready to hatch. Thankfully, once it hatches, the galls and the wasp are not dangerous or of the stinging variety, so they're not harmful to ...

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Researchers collected the gall wasps in March 2023 and the new species — Chrysonotomyia susbelli — emerged out of the galls within two months, according to the study.

A new wasp species was discovered on Rice University’s campus in Houston. Photo by Siyi Zhou via Unsplash A student on a Texas university campus made a unique discovery — a creature with a ...