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@WrenArcher

i love these galls for an entirely morbid reason

there is the gall wasp, a parasite of oak trees

then there is the crypt keeper wasp, a parasite of the parasite

their larva eat the gall wasp larva then make it chew a hole until the tip of its head sticks out of the gall, then the adult crypt keeper wasp escapes through the head

latin name "euderus set"

named after set, the egyptian god who trapped his brother osiris in a sarcophagus and killed him

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euderus_set