Chalcid wasp laying eggs in an oak gall. Close-up of a chalcid wasp (family Torymidae) hyperparasitising oak apple galls of the gall wasp (Biorhiza pa

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Chalcid wasp laying eggs in an oak gall. Close-up of a chalcid wasp (family Torymidae) hyperparasitising oak apple galls of the gall wasp (Biorhiza pallida). The gall wasp lays its eggs inside the leaf buds of an oak (Quercus sp.) tree, causing the tissue to swell forming a gall, which acts as a protective environment for the larvae to develop. The chalcid wasp lays its eggs inside the gall and its larvae feed on the larvae of the gall wasp. Photographed in the UK.

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