Sausage Flower Gall Wasp

Andricus congregata

Andricus congregatus

Cynipidae

Callirhytis

Quercus agrifolia

California

Quercus wislizeni

Cynipid Galls of the Pacific Slope

Callirhytis congregata (sexgen)

Andricus congregatus n.sp.

An irregular, rugose, yellowish brown woody swelling, containing numerous cells growing apparently from the extreme tips of very slender twigs of Quercus chrysolepis, the gall appearing to have a long peduncle, or it may be at the apex of the petiole of a leaf, the leaf in consequence being aborted. The gall is more or less contracted in the middle and varies in length from 2 to 4 cm., and in diameter from 1 to 2 cm.

Seven female specimens, received from Prof. E. W. Hilgard, Oakland, California, and reared November 10, 1876. The gall also occurs on Quercus agrifolia, and Professor Riley says: "A woody deformation of staminate aments and quite abundant on some trees."

Descriptions of new Cynipidous Galls and Gall-Wasps in the United States National Museum

Callirhytis congregata (Ashm.)

Quercus agrifolia, wislizeni
Flower galls
Fig 36. Enlarged staminate axis, 10 mm.

Fig 36. Q. agrifolia, wislizeni. Half-grown galls secreting honeydew Apr. 20 (Santa Anita), May 5 (Stanford). Only emergence record June 5 (Ukiah). At three localities these galls were found on a tree which also had galls of [Callirhytis carmelensis Weld.](https://www.gallformers.org/gall/1263)

This cynipid wasp induces large, elongated, fleshy, polythalamous catkin galls, especially on coast live oaks.

Field Guide to Plant Galls of California and Other Western States