Sep 10, 2025
#3094 - Phanacis hypochoeridis -
- Catsear Gall Wasp
A Cynipid wasp nagtive to Eurasia and northern Africa, but now widespread whereever their host plants - Hypochaeris sp. - are found. The gall they induce contains some 50 chambers, each with a yellowish-white larva.
Males are unknown - the females reproduce by parthenogenesis.
Great Southern BioBlitz 2024, Wongan Hills - Gathercole Reserve