#proctotrupomorpha

📍 Location: Durham, North Carolina 🗓 Date: May 8, 2026 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Spiny Rose Gall Wasp (Diplolepis bicolor) 📝 Notes: Small cynipid wasp associated with wild roses, best known for inducing distinctive spherical galls covered in pointed spines on stems or leaves. The visible gall is plant tissue growth triggered by the developing larva inside.

Adults are tiny and rarely noticed; the gall itself is usually the most recognizable sign of the species. Galls may shift in color from green to red or brown as they mature.