| Besbicus conspicuus | |
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| Sonoma County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Besbicus |
| Species: | B. conspicuus |
| Binomial name | |
| Besbicus conspicuus (Kinsey, 1929) | |
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Besbicus conspicuus, formerly Cynips conspicuus, also known as the fuzzy gall wasp, is a common species of cynipid wasp that induces globular stem galls on white oak trees on the west coast of North America. [1] This gall is solid but for the central larval chamber. [1] After the wasp emerges, beetles sometimes chew through the husk to consume the tissue inside. [1] Besbicus conspicuus galls are sometimes mistaken for Disholcaspis washingtonensis galls. [1] This wasp is found west of the Sierra Nevada range in California in North America. [2]
