| 1. | The name " Gallivespian " echoes that of the gall wasp.
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| 2. | When it's springtime on the prairie, a male gall wasp's thoughts turn to romance.
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| 3. | Inquilines are known especially among the gall wasps ( " Cynipidae " family ).
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| 4. | So what's a red-blooded male gall wasp to do?
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| 5. | They are associated with another invasive species, the eucalyptus gall wasp, " Leptocybe invasa ".
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| 6. | L . ) trees, caused by gall wasps, which lay eggs in buds with their ovipositor.
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| 7. | Same thing with the black oak gall wasp.
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| 8. | Chestnut species affected by the gall wasp include Allegheny chinquapin ( " C . pumila " ).
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| 9. | Gall wasp larvae spend nine to 10 months developing within live plant stems that protect and nourish them.
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| 10. | Kinsey chose to do his doctoral thesis on gall wasps, and began zealously collecting samples of the species.
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