A Taxonomist's Notebook

#365Insects 66: #Eurytoma obtusiventris Gahan, 1934

*Movie trailer announcer voice*
In a world without males, one wasp is in the fight of her life, and the quest of a lifetime to give her daughters the best chance at a good host. Will she escape solitary confinement in time to find her mortal enemy, the Goldenrod Gall Fly, before time and larval development leave her behind? Find out this Spring in a grassland near you, in…

Gall Wars: Eurytoma Strikes Back

Thanks to science illustrator Emily Damstra for today’s request! (at University of Guelph)